Roland Hunt

Roland Charles Colin Hunt CMG (19 March 1916 – 24 March 1999) was a British diplomat.

Son of Colin Bertram Hunt (1881–1967), of HM Inspectorate of Schools, and his wife Dorothea Mary (née Charles),^[1]^[2] Hunt was educated at two boarding schools: The Dragon School and Rugby School.^[3] He attended The Queen's College, Oxford.^[4] He was UK High Commissioner to Uganda from 1965 to 1967, and UK High Commissioner to Trinidad and Tobago from 1970 to 1973.^[5]

He married Pauline Garnett, daughter of James Clerk Maxwell Garnett. They had five children; three sons and two daughters. Their eldest son is Julian Hunt, Baron Hunt of Chesterton.^[6]

The Hunt family were goldsmiths and silversmiths in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, John Samuel Hunt (1785-1865) being in business with his uncle-by-marriage, Paul Storr; also descended from John Samuel Hunt was John Hunt, Baron Hunt of Fawley.^[7]^[8]

References

^ Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage, ed. Patrick Montague-Smith, Kelly's Directories, 1973, p. 2734
^ The Balliol College Register, 2nd edition, ed. Sir Ivo Elliott, Bt, 1934, p. 251
^ "Roland Hunt - Our man in the colonies and Commonwealth". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
^ "Obituary: Roland Hunt". The Independent. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
^ 2007 "Hunt, Roland Charles Colin, (19 March 1916–24 March 1999), HM Diplomatic Service, retired; Director, British National Committee, International Chamber of Commerce, 1973–76." WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO
^ 2018 "Hunt of Chesterton, Baron, (Julian Charles Roland Hunt) (born 5 Sept. 1941)." WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO
^ Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th ed., 2003, vol. 2, p. 1998
^ Paul Storr 1771-1844, Silversmith and Goldsmith, N. M. Penzer, Hamlyn Publishing Group, 1971, p. 15

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[1] Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage, ed. Patrick Montague-Smith, Kelly's Directories, 1973, p. 2734

[2] The Balliol College Register, 2nd edition, ed. Sir Ivo Elliott, Bt, 1934, p. 251

[3] "Roland Hunt - Our man in the colonies and Commonwealth". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 June 2019.

[4] "Obituary: Roland Hunt". The Independent. Retrieved 27 June 2019.

[5] 2007 "Hunt, Roland Charles Colin, (19 March 1916–24 March 1999), HM Diplomatic Service, retired; Director, British National Committee, International Chamber of Commerce, 1973–76." WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO

[6] 2018 "Hunt of Chesterton, Baron, (Julian Charles Roland Hunt) (born 5 Sept. 1941)." WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO

[7] Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th ed., 2003, vol. 2, p. 1998

[8] Paul Storr 1771-1844, Silversmith and Goldsmith, N. M. Penzer, Hamlyn Publishing Group, 1971, p. 15

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