strong supporter of the nuclear deterrent and was Chairman of the Royal Navy Club of 1765 & 1785 (United 1889). He became Deputy Lieutenant to the Lord Lieutenant of Surrey on 23 January 1996. Hunt was appointed Rear-Admiral of the United Kingdom in 1994, holding that post until 1997 when he became Vice-Admiral of the United Kingdom and Lieutenant of the Admiralty, positions that he held until 2001. He died at his home on 25 October 2013 at the age of 82. Personal life In 1966 he married Meriel Eve Givan, daughter of Major Henry C. Givan of the Isle of Wight, formerly of Rangoon. Together they had two sons (the elder of whom is the former Foreign Secretary and the present Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt) and one daughter. Lady Hunt died in 2022. Awards and decorations On 20 July 1961, Hunt was made a Member of the Fourth Class of the Royal Victorian Order. Members of this class were renamed Lieutenants in 1984 and henceforth used the post-nominals LVO. Hunt was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in the 1985 New Year Honours. He was advanced to Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath in the 1987 New Year Honours. Hunt was made a Freeman of the City of London in 1988. References |- |- |- 1930 births 2013 deaths Graduates of Britannia Royal Naval College Military personnel from Flintshire Graduates of the Royal College of Defence Studies Royal Navy admirals Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Lieutenants of the Royal Victorian Order Deputy Lieutenants of Surrey People from Hawarden Jeremy Hunt