Anthony Hunt | |
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Died | 1795 |
Allegiance | Great Britain |
Service | Royal Navy |
Rank | Captain |
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.