Anthony Hunt (Royal Navy officer, died 1795)

Anthony Hunt
Died1795
Allegiance Great Britain
Service Royal Navy
RankCaptain

Anthony Hunt (died 1795) was a captain in the Royal Navy.[1] He commanded the garrison on Sanders Island during a dispute over sovereignty of the remote territory with a Spanish schooner: events which precipitated the Capture of Port Egmont by the Spanish Empire and the Falklands Crisis of 1770.

  1. ^ David 2012.