Anthony Hunt

Captain Anthony Hunt (died 1798) was a post-captain in the Royal Navy who died young. He served as midshipman in the Carnatic in August 1789 and was shortly thereafter commissioned lieutenant. He was promoted post-captain in 1791, and appointed to the Amphitrite, which was wrecked under his command in late 1793. In 1796 he was promoted from the Concorde to the Virginie, and in her carried the Earl of Mornington on his passage to India. Arriving in Madras early in 1798, Hunt soon caught a violent fever and died.

Life

This officer was a midshipman on board the Carnatic of 74 guns, at Plymouth, in August 1789, and was included in the promotions made after the visit paid by the royal family to that place, his lieutenant's commission being signed on 26 August.

He served some time in the Helena sloop, under Captain James Kempthorne; he was appointed commander on 22 November 1790, and had the Tisiphone of 12 guns given him.

Being returned to England, he was, in 1795, appointed to La Concorde of 36 guns, and for some time formed one of the squadron of frigates under the command of Sir J. B. Warren, off the coast of France. and landed Lord Mornington at his new government of Bengal. almost immediately after which the young officer Hunt caught a violent fever which proved fatal. An obituary printed in the Naval Chronicle in 1799 concluded, "He has left all who knew his worth to lament his untimely fate."

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