1. The Nicholas Hunt family were landed gentry, of Boreatton, Baschurch, Shropshire.
17 Facts About Nicholas Hunt
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Nicholas Hunt served as Assistant Private Secretary to Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent from 1959 to 1962.
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Nicholas Hunt became executive officer of HMS Ark Royal in 1969 and was then given command of the amphibious warfare ship HMS Intrepid in February 1974 before attending the Royal College of Defence Studies later that year.
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Nicholas Hunt went on to be Director of Naval Plans at the Ministry of Defence in August 1976 and captain of the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth in October 1978.
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Nicholas Hunt was promoted to rear admiral on 7 January 1981 and became Director-General, Naval Manpower and Training in November 1981.
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Nicholas Hunt was promoted to vice admiral on 6 December 1983, on appointment as Flag Officer Scotland and Northern Ireland, and to admiral on 25 June 1985, on appointment as Commander-in-Chief Fleet and Allied Commander-in-Chief Channel and Eastern Atlantic.
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Nicholas Hunt retired from the Navy on 26 July 1987.
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Nicholas Hunt was Deputy Managing Director at Eurotunnel from 1987 to 1989 and Director-General of the Chamber of Shipping from 1991 to 1997.
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Nicholas Hunt held part-time appointments including Chairman of the South West Surrey District Health Authority from 1990 to 1995, Chairman of Nuffield Hospitals from 1996 to 2001, Commissioner of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission from 1988 to 1992 and Chairman of Chatham Historic Dockyard from 1998 to 2005.
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Nicholas Hunt became Chairman of Ferrero UK Ltd in 2005.
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Nicholas Hunt became Deputy Lieutenant to the Lord Lieutenant of Surrey on 23 January 1996.
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Nicholas Hunt was appointed Rear-Admiral of the United Kingdom in 1994, holding that post until 1997 when he became Vice-Admiral of the United Kingdom and Lieutenant of the Admiralty, positions that he held until 2001.
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Nicholas Hunt died at his home on 25 October 2013 at the age of 82.
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On 20 July 1961, Nicholas Hunt was made a Member of the Fourth Class of the Royal Victorian Order.
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Nicholas Hunt was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in the 1985 New Year Honours.
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Nicholas Hunt was advanced to Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath in the 1987 New Year Honours.
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Nicholas Hunt was made a Freeman of the City of London in 1988.