Hunt HUNT

Background

HUNT, Hunt was born on June 22, 1910. Parents: the late Captain C. E. Hunt, Military Cross and The late Ethel Helen Hunt (née Crookshank).

Education

Marlborough; Sandhurst. Spoken languages: French, German, Urdu.

Career

House of Lords, since 1966. Chairman, Committee on Young Immigrants and the Youth Service, 1966-1967. Chairman, Parole Board for England and Wales, 1967-1974.

Head of Relief Missions to Nigeria, 1968,1970 Chairman, Committee of Inquiry into Police Forces in Northern Ireland, 1969. Member. Royal Commission on the Press, 1974-1977. President, Council for National Parks, 198086.

Chairman Intermediate Treatment Fund, 1980-1985 Liberal Democrat Spokesman on Environment, Home Affairs, Penal Policy. KRRC, 1930; seconded Indian Police, 1933-1934, 1937-1940. Commander 11th KRRC and 11th Indian Infantry Brigade.

Staff. GHQ, MELF; Allied Headquarters, Central Europe and Headquarters, 1 st Corps, 1946-1953. Leader, British Expedition to Everest, 1953, and Expeditions in Karakoram, Eastern Himalayas, St. Elias Mountains, Caucasus, Pamirs, East Greenland, Tatras and Pindos Mountains. Assistant Commandant.

Army Staff College, 1953-1955. President, National Association, of Youth Clubs, 1954-1972. Commander, 168th Infantry Brigade, 1955-1956.

Director, Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme, 1956-1966. President, Alpine Club, 1956-1958. Rector, Aberdeen University, 1963-1966.

President, Rainer Foundation, 1967-1985. President, Council for Volunteers Overseas, 1968-1974. President, British-Nepal Society, 1969-1979.

President, National Association, of Probation Officers, 1974-1980. President, Royal Geographical Society, 1977-1980. Chairman, Intermediate Treatment Fund, 1980-1985.

Religion

C of E

Membership

Clubs: Ski Club of Great Britain. Alpine Club.

Interests

• Mountain activities.

Connections

Spouse Joy Mowbray Hunt (née Mowbray-Green), 1936. Children: four d.

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Joy Mowbray Hunt (née Mowbray-Green)