John Hunt, Baron Hunt of Tanworth
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John Joseph Benedict Hunt, Baron Hunt of Tanworth GCB (born 23 October 1919), is a British civil servant and politician.
He was educated at Downside School and Magdalene College, Cambridge, then joined the Civil Service in 1946. He was Secretary of the Cabinet from 1973 to 1979.
He was created a life peer with the title Baron Hunt of Tanworth, of Stratford-on-Avon in the County of Warwickshire on 8 February 1980 and invested as a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath in the same year.
He was granted a leave of absence.
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[edit] External links
- Portraits of John Joseph Benedict Hunt, Baron Hunt of Tanworth at the National Portrait Gallery, London
[edit] Offices held
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| Preceded by Sir Burke Trend |
Cabinet Secretary 1973-1979 |
Succeeded by Sir Robert Armstrong |
