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Catherine Hunt

1854 – 1948

English politician

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About Catherine Hunt

Lived 1854 – 1948 (aged 93). Catherine Hunt was a British politician.

Dame Catherine Reeve Hunt (née Hawkins; 22 December 1854 – 18 October 1948) was an English politician and activist who was mayor of Colchester, Essex, in 1924–25.

Hunt was born in 1854, the daughter of Charles Henry Hawkins, of Maitlands, Colchester and Sarah Jane, daughter of John Bawtree, of Abberton, Essex. Her father was mayor of Colchester four times (1848–49, 1865–66, 1870–71, 1871–72). She married Dr Edgar Atlee Hunt, her aunt's widower, in 1896. Hunt and his first wife, Charlotte Mary Bawtree, were the grandparents of actress Elizabeth Inglis and great-grandparents of American actress Sigourney Weaver.

She was a member of Colchester's Town Council from 1918 to 1934, elected its first female alderman, and served as Colchester's second female mayor in 1924.

For many years she served as chairman of the Colchester branch of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Families Association and the Colchester Local War Pensions Committee. For these services she was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 1920 civilian war honours.

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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
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Dame Catherine Reeve Hunt, Hawkins

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Who was Catherine Hunt?

English politician (1854-1948)

When was Catherine Hunt born?

Catherine Hunt was born on 22 December 1854.

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Catherine Hunt died on 18 October 1948.

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Catherine Hunt was a politician.

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Catherine Hunt was British.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Catherine Hunt

· Wikidata: Q5052738

· DBpedia: Catherine Hunt

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