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. The Hunt family were landed gentry, of Boreatton, Baschurch, Shropshire. A cousin was Agnes Hunt, pioneer of orthopaedic nursing. Naval career Hunt was educated at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth. After graduating, he gained a commission in the Royal Navy and was promoted to lieutenant on 31 July 1952. He served as Assistant Private Secretary to Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent from 1959 to 1962. Promoted to lieutenant commander on 17 August 1960, 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. He went on to be Director of Naval Plans at the Ministry of Defence in August 1976 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. He was promoted to rear admiral on 7 January 1981 and became Director-General, Naval Manpower and Training in November 1981.