Rex Masterman Hunt
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Sir Rex Masterman Hunt CMG (1926-) was the British Governor of the Falkland Islands between 1980 and September 1985 with a 3 month gap between 2 April 1982 and 25 June 1982, during the occupation by Argentine armed forces.
Rex Hunt joined the Royal Air Force as a cadet in 1941 and was enlisted as an airman in 1944. He was commissioned as a pilot in 1945. He transferred to No 5 Squadron in India in August 1946 where he flew Spitfires, before transferring to Germany with No 26 Squadron in August 1947. He left active service in 1948, but remained in the reserves until 1951 where he reached the rank of Flight Lieutenant.
In 1952 he joined the Colonial and Diplomatic Services and went on to serve on postings in Uganda, Sarawak, Brunei, Turkey, Indonesia, South Vietnam, Malaysia and the Falkland Islands.
He is portrayed by Ian Richardson in the BBC television drama An Ungentlemanly Act, depicting the 1982 invasion of the Falkland Islands.
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