David Hunt, Baron Hunt of Wirral

The Lord Hunt of Wirral
Official portrait, 2023
Secretary of State for Wales
Acting
26 June 1995 – 5 July 1995
Prime MinisterJohn Major
Preceded byJohn Redwood
Succeeded byWilliam Hague
In office
4 May 1990 – 27 May 1993
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
John Major
Preceded byPeter Walker
Succeeded byJohn Redwood
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
In office
20 July 1994 – 26 June 1995
Prime MinisterJohn Major
Preceded byWilliam Waldegrave
Succeeded byRoger Freeman
Secretary of State for Employment
In office
27 May 1993 – 20 July 1994
Prime MinisterJohn Major
Preceded byGillian Shephard
Succeeded byMichael Portillo
Treasurer of the Household
In office
15 June 1987 – 25 July 1989
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
Preceded byJohn Cope
Succeeded byTristan Garel-Jones
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Assumed office
20 October 1997
Life Peerage
Member of Parliament
for Wirral West
Wirral (1976–83)
In office
12 March 1976 – 8 April 1997
Preceded bySelwyn Lloyd
Succeeded byStephen Hesford
Personal details
Born (1942-05-21) 21 May 1942 (age 82)
Glyn Ceiriog, Wales
Political partyConservative

David James Fletcher Hunt, Baron Hunt of Wirral, MBE, PC (born 21 May 1942) is a British Conservative politician who served as a member of the Cabinet during the Thatcher and Major ministries, and was appointed to the Privy Council in 1990.