Sir Nicholas Hunt | |
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Born | 7 November 1930 |
Died | 25 October 2013 | (aged 82)
Place of birth | Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales |
Place of death | Shere, Surrey, England |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/branch | Royal Navy |
Rank | Admiral |
Commands held | Fleet |
Awards |
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order |
Relations | Jeremy Hunt (son) |
Admiral Sir Nicholas John Streynsham Hunt, GCB, LVO, DL (7 November 1930 – 25 October 2013) was a senior Royal Navy officer. He was Commander-in-Chief Fleet from 1985 to 1987.
Early life[]
Hunt was born on 7 November 1930[1] in Hawarden, Flintshire, the younger son[2] of Brigadier John Montgomerie Hunt of the 5th Battalion, 2nd Punjab Regiment, Indian Army[3] and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Walter Baldwyn Yates CBE.
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Hunt was educated at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth.[1] After graduating, he gained a commission in the Royal Navy and was promoted to lieutenant on 31 July 1952.[4] He served as Assistant Private Secretary to Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent from 1959[5][6] to 1962.[1] Promoted to lieutenant commander on 17 August 1960,[7] he was posted to the Directorate of Naval Plans at the Ministry of Defence in 1966.[8] Hunt became executive officer of HMS Ark Royal[5] in 1969 and was then given command of the amphibious warfare ship HMS Intrepid in February 1974[9] before attending the Royal College of Defence Studies later that year.[1] He went on to be Director of Naval Plans at the Ministry of Defence in August 1976[10] and captain of the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth in October 1978.[11] Appointed aide-de-camp to the Queen on 7 July 1980[12] (which post he held until 7 January 1981),[13] he became Flag Officer Second Flotilla in October 1980.[1] He was promoted to rear admiral on 7 January 1981[13] and became Director-General Naval Manpower and Training in November 1981.[1]
Hunt was promoted to vice admiral on 6 December 1983,[14] on appointment as Flag Officer Scotland and Northern Ireland,[5] and to admiral on 25 June 1985,[15] on appointment as Commander-in-Chief Fleet[5] and Allied Commander-in-Chief Channel and Eastern Atlantic.[1] He retired from the Navy on 26 July 1987.[16]
Later life[]
Hunt was Deputy Managing Director at Eurotunnel from 1987 to 1989[1] and Director-General of the Chamber of Shipping[5] from 1991 to 1997.[1] He also held part-time appointments including Chairman of the South West Surrey District Health Authority from 1990 to 1995,[1] Chairman of Nuffield Hospitals from 1996 to 2001,[1] Commissioner of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission from 1998 to 1992[1] and Chairman of Chatham Historic Dockyard from 1998 to 2005.[17] He also became Chairman of Ferrero UK Ltd in 2005.[1]
Hunt was known to be a strong supporter of the nuclear deterrent[18] and was Chairman of the Royal Navy Club of 1765 & 1785 (United 1889).[19] He became Deputy Lieutenant to the Lord Lieutenant of Surrey on 23 January 1996.[20]
Hunt was appointed Rear-Admiral of the United Kingdom in 1994,[21] holding that post until 1997 when he became Vice-Admiral of the United Kingdom[22] and Lieutenant of the Admiralty,[1] positions that he held until 2001.[23]
He died at his home on 25 October 2013 at the age of 82.[24]
Personal life[]
In 1966 he married Meriel Eve Givan, daughter of Major Henry C. Givan of the Isle of Wight,[2] formerly of Rangoon.[25] Together they have two sons (the elder of whom is Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP)[26] and one daughter.[5]
Awards and decorations[]
On 20 July 1961, Hunt was made a Member of the Fourth Class of the Royal Victorian Order.[27] Members of this class were renamed Lieutenants in 1984 and henceforth used the post-nominals LVO.
On 31 December 1984, as part of that year's New Year Honours, the then Vice Admiral Hunt was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath.[28]
Hunt was made a Freeman of the City of London in 1988.[1]
References[]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 "HUNT, Adm. Sir Nicholas (John Streynsham)". Who's Who 2012. A & C Black. November 2011.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Forthcoming marriages". The Times. 23 Sept 1965. p. 14.
- ↑ "Births". The Times. 12 Nov 1930. p. 1.
- ↑ "No. 39622". 12 September 1952. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/39622/page/
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 Debrett's People of Today 1994
- ↑ "Official Appointments and Notices". The Times. 24 Dec 1958. p. 8.
- ↑ "No. 42128". 26 August 1960. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/42128/page/
- ↑ "Appointments In The Forces". The Times. 9 May 1966. p. 14.
- ↑ Commanding Officers of Royal Navy Warships
- ↑ "Appointments in the Forces". The Times. 17 May 1976. p. 16.
- ↑ Senior Royal Navy Appointments
- ↑ "No. 48245". 8 July 1980. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/48245/page/
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 "No. 48490". 12 January 1981. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/48490/page/ Cite error: Invalid
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tag; name "LG 12 January 1981" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ "No. 49559". 5 December 1983. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/49559/page/
- ↑ "No. 50172". 24 June 1985. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/50172/page/
- ↑ "No. 51009". 27 July 1987. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/51009/page/
- ↑ "Dockyard trust chairman to retire". BBC. 25 January 2005. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/4204667.stm. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
- ↑ Nuclear deterrent is vital to global stability The Times, 21 January 2009
- ↑ The Royal Navy Club of 1765 & 1785 (United 1889)
- ↑ "No. 54315". 13 February 1996. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/54315/page/
- ↑ "No. 53552". 20 January 1994. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/53552/page/
- ↑ "No. 54946". 12 November 1997. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/54946/page/
- ↑ "No. 56194". 3 May 2001. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/56194/page/
- ↑ Admiral Sir Nicholas Hunt GCB LVO DL
- ↑ "Forthcoming marriages". The Times. 20 Apr 1933. p. 1.
- ↑ "A cup of tea (and rice wine) secures Chinese bride for dashing Tory". Daily Mail. 3 January 2009. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1104745/A-cup-tea-rice-wine-secures-Chinese-bride-dashing-Tory.html.
- ↑ "No. 42423". 28 July 1961. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/42423/page/
- ↑ "No. 49969". 31 December 1984. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/49969/page/
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