The Lord Hunt of Tanworth | |
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 Portrait by Bassano, 1971 | |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| In office 8 February 1980 – 17 July 2008 Life Peerage | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 October 1919 Minehead, Somerset, UK |
| Died | 17 July 2008 (aged 88) London |
| Occupation | Civil servant |
| Known for | Cabinet Secretary, Life Peer and member of HoL |
John Joseph Benedict Hunt, Baron Hunt of Tanworth, GCB (23 October 1919 – 17 July 2008) was a British civil servant.
Born in Minehead, Somerset to Major A. L. Hunt MC by his wife Daphne (née Ashton Case), he was educated at Downside School and Magdalene College, Cambridge before joining the Civil Service in 1946.[1]
Hunt became Cabinet Secretary from 1973 to 1979, being the first Roman Catholic to hold this post since its creation in 1916.[2]
Lord Hunt of Tanworth married firstly in 1941 The Hon. Magdalen Robinson (died 1971) and, by his second wife Madeleine, Lady Charles (née Hume), was a brother-in-law of the late Basil Hume, Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster.[3]
- ^ "Hunt of Tanworth, Baron, (John Joseph Benedict Hunt) (23 Oct. 1919–17 July 2008)". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u21198. ISBN 978-0-19-954089-1. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
- ^ Lord Hunt of Tanworth: Secretary of the Cabinet
- ^ Mosley, Charles (ed.) (2003). Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 107th edn. London: Burke's Peerage & Gentry Ltd. p. 1998 (HUNT OF TANWORTH, LP). ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
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