Family
Hunt married Alice, daughter of the Right Reverend Robert Eden, Bishop of Moray, Ross and Caithness, in 1857. They had at least ten children, one of whom, Sir Allen Thomas Hunt, became an Admiral in the Royal Navy. A very heavy-set person, Hunt is said to have been responsible for the semicircle that is cut out from the end of the table in the Admiralty Board Room. Canada's Ward Hunt Island was named after him. His residence was Wadenhoe House in Northamptonshire. He died at Bad Homburg, Germany, in July 1877, aged 51. His wife died in 1894.
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Famous quotes containing the word family:
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