Honours
Hunt was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in 1980, and knighted 11 October 1982, in recognition of services during the Falklands War He was a Freeman of the City of London 1981, and a Freeman of Stanley, Falkland Islands 1985 In 1987 Hunt was appointed as the Honorary Air Commodore of No. 2729 (City of Lincoln) Squadron (Royal Auxiliary Air Force Regiment).
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“If a novel reveals true and vivid relationships, it is a moral work, no matter what the relationships consist in. If the novelist honours the relationship in itself, it will be a great novel.”
—D.H. (David Herbert)
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