John Hunt, Baron Hunt of Tanworth
John Joseph Benedict Hunt, Baron Hunt of Tanworth , GCB , MC (born October 23, 1919 in Minehead , † July 17, 2008 ) was a British politician and civil servant.
He attended Downside School and Magdalene College in Cambridge . In 1946 he entered the civil service and began his career in the Dominions Office . From 1948 to 1950 he was Second Secretary to the United Kingdom High Commission in Ceylon . He was Cabinet Secretary from 1973 to 1979 .
Hunt was the owner of the Military Cross (MC) . In 1968 he was accepted as a Companion (CB) in the Order of the Bath , in 1973 he was promoted to Knight Commander (KCB) in the same order and finally to Knight Grand Cross (GCB) in 1977 . On February 8, 1980, he was named a Life Peer , Baron Hunt of Tanworth , of Stratford-on-Avon in the County of Warwickshire . In the House of Lords he was a crossbencher before he was granted leave of absence .
Hunt was married to Magdalen Mary Lister Robinson, daughter of Roy Robinson, 1st Baron Robinson , since 1941 . After her death in 1971, he married the widowed Madeleine Frances († 2007), a sister of Cardinal Basil Hume , in 1973 . Hunt had two sons.
Web links
- Paintings by John Hunt, Baron Hunt of Tanworth in the National Gallery (London)
- John Joseph Benedict Hunt, Baron Hunt of Tanworth, on thepeerage.com , accessed September 12, 2016.
- Biography on www.timesonline.co.uk
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| SURNAME | Hunt, John, Baron Hunt of Tanworth |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hunt, John Joseph Benedict, Baron Hunt of Tanworth |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British politician and civil servant |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 23, 1919 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Minehead |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 17, 2008 |