Roland Hunt Explained

Roland Charles Colin Hunt (19 March 191624 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]}

Notes and References

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. Web site: Roland Hunt - Our man in the colonies and Commonwealth. 27 June 2019. The Guardian.
4. Web site: Obituary: Roland Hunt . . 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