| The Lord Hunt of Tanworth | |
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| Born | 23 October 1919 Minehead, Somerset, England |
| Died | 17 July 2008 (aged 88) |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Civil servant and politician |
| Known for | Life peer and member of the House of Lords |
| Title | Baron Hunt of Tanworth |
John Joseph Benedict Hunt, Baron Hunt of Tanworth, GCB, MC, KCPO (23 October 1919 – 17 July 2008) was a British civil servant and politician.[1]
He was born in Minehead, west Somerset, to Major LA Hunt and Daphne Aston-Caves. He attended Downside School and Magdalene College, Cambridge, before joining the Civil Service in 1946. He was Secretary of the Cabinet from 1973 to 1979. He was the first Roman Catholic to hold this post since its creation in 1916.
Lord Hunt of Tanworth was a brother-in-law of the late Basil Hume, Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster.
Hunt was a recipient of the Military Cross (MC). He was appointed as Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in 1968 and subsequently made a Knight Commander (KCB) of the same order in 1973. KCB in 1973. 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. Hunt was also invested as Knight Commander of the Order of Pius IX by the Holy See.
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| Preceded by Sir Burke Trend |
Cabinet Secretary 1973-1979 |
Succeeded by Sir Robert Armstrong |
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