Rowland Hunt

Rowland Hunt (13 March 1858 – 30 November 1943) was an English politician. The Lord of the manor of Baschurch in Shropshire,

Early life and family

Born at Market Harborough, Leicestershire, Hunt was the son of Rowland Hunt (1828-1878), of Boreatton Hall, Baschurch, Shropshire and his wife Florence Marianne, daughter of Richard B. Humfrey, of Kibworth Hall, Leicestershire, and Stoke Albany House, Northamptonshire. the Lovat Scouts during the Second Boer War, and later became a Major in the City of London Yeomanry and later Master of Foxhounds of the Wheatland Hunt in Shropshire. Hunt married Georgina Veronica Davidson, daughter of Colonel Duncan Davidson of Tulloch Castle in Dingwall. They had two sons and one daughter.

Hunt was also antisemitic, believing a Jewish plutocracy was secretly conspiring to subvert political life.

In local government, Hunt was one of the founder members of Shropshire County Council in 1889. He was appointed a Justice of the Peace in 1880 and Deputy-Lieutenant in 1931 for the county of Shropshire.