Sir Rex Hunt | |
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&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:Baroness_Thatcher_and_Sir_Rex_Hunt.JPG) Rex Hunt (left) next to Margaret Thatcher in 2007 | |
| Governor of the Falkland Islands | |
| In office 25 June 1982 (de facto) – 16 October 1985 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Chief Executive | David G. P. Taylor |
| Preceded by | Jeremy Moore (as Military Commander)[a] |
| Succeeded by | Gordon Jewkes |
| In office 14 January 1980 – 2 April 1982 (de facto) | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Preceded by | Sir James Parker |
| Succeeded by | Mario Benjamín Menéndez (as Military Commander)[a] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Rex Masterman Hunt 29 June 1926 Redcar |
| Died | 11 November 2012 (aged 86) Stockton-on-Tees |
| Nationality | British |
| Spouse(s) | Mavis, Lady Hunt |
| Children | Antony Hunt Diana Hunt |
| Alma mater | St Peter's College, Oxford |
| Occupation | Diplomat and colonial administrator |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Branch/service |  Royal Air Force |
| Years of service | 1941 – 1948 |
| Rank | Flight lieutenant |
| Unit | No 5 Squadron No 26 Squadron |
| Battles/wars | World War II, 1982 invasion of the Falkland Islands |
| ^ Legally, Hunt remained Governor throughout the occupation. | |
Sir Rex Masterman Hunt, CMG (29 June 1926 – 11 November 2012) was a British Government diplomat and colonial administrator. He was Governor, Commander-in-Chief, and Vice Admiral of the Falkland Islands (and concurrently High Commissioner of the British Antarctic Territory) between 1980 and September 1985. During the Argentine invasion of the islands in 1982, he was taken prisoner and temporarily removed from his position.