Nicholas Hunt

Admiral Sir Nicholas John Streynsham Hunt (7 November 1930 – 25 October 2013) was a senior Royal Navy officer. He was Commander-in-Chief Fleet from 1985 to 1987.

Early life Hunt was born on 7 November 1930 in Hawarden, Flintshire, the younger son of Brigadier John Montgomerie Hunt of the 5th Battalion, 2nd Punjab Regiment, Indian Army and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Walter Baldwyn Yates CBE.

Naval career Hunt was educated at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth. He served as Assistant Private Secretary to Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent from 1959 to 1962. he was posted to the Directorate of Naval Plans at the Ministry of Defence in 1966.

Hunt became executive officer of HMS Ark Royal in 1969 and was then given command of the amphibious warfare ship HMS Intrepid in February 1974 before attending the Royal College of Defence Studies later that year. and captain of the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth in October 1978. Appointed aide-de-camp to the Queen on 7 July 1980 (which post he held until 7 January 1981), he became Flag Officer, Second Flotilla in October 1980. on appointment as Flag Officer Scotland and Northern Ireland, on appointment as Commander-in-Chief Fleet

Later life Hunt was Deputy Managing Director at Eurotunnel from 1987 to 1989 He also became Chairman of Ferrero UK Ltd in 2005. and was Chairman of the Royal Navy Club of 1765 & 1785 (United 1889). He became Deputy lieutenant to the Lord-lieutenant of Surrey on 23 January 1996.

Hunt was appointed Rear-Admiral of the United Kingdom in 1994, holding that post until 1997 when he became Vice-Admiral of the United Kingdom and Lieutenant of the Admiralty,

He died at his home on 25 October 2013 at the age of 82.

Personal life In 1966, he married Meriel Eve Givan, daughter of Major Henry C. Givan of the Isle of Wight, Together they had two sons (the elder of whom is the former Foreign Secretary and the former Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt) and one daughter.

Awards and decorations On 20 July 1961, Hunt was made a Member of the Fourth Class of the Royal Victorian Order. Members of this class were renamed Lieutenants in 1984 and henceforth used the post-nominals LVO. Hunt was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in the 1985 New Year Honours. He was advanced to Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath in the 1987 New Year Honours.

Hunt was made a Freeman of the City of London in 1988.