HUNT, WILLIAM CORNISH, younger son of Thomas Hunt (Min. Can. 1801, qv); b. 12 Oct 1835; adm. 4 Oct 1848 (Rigaud's); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 8 Jun 1854; BA 1858; MA 1865; ordained deacon (Salisbury) 1860, priest (Lichfield) 1860; Curate, West Felton, Shropshire 1860-2, Uffington, Lincs., 1862-3; Rector of Odell, Beds., from 1863; m. 7 Jan 1869 Jane Elizabeth, eldest dau. of Francis Leslie Pym, The Hasells, Beds.; d. 11 Feb 1891.

HUNT, WILLIAM THORLEY GIGNAC, eldest son of William Hunt, Bath, Somerset, and Elizabeth, dau. of Nathaniel Thorley, Bath; b. 3 Dec 1837; adm. 22 Sep 1848 (Rigaud's); QS 1852; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1856, matr. 15 May 1856, Westminster Student 1856-62; BA 1859; MA 1863; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 22 Dec 1858; ordained deacon 1861, priest 1862 (both Oxford); Curate, Lacey Green, Bucks., 1861-3, Dinton, Bucks., 1863-6; Vicar of Prestwood, Staffs., 1866-71; Curate, Bathwick, Somerset 1871-4, River, Kent 1877-83, St. Michael’s, Folkestone, Kent 1883-5, Holy Trinity, Folkestone, Kent 1885-9, Hawkinge, Kent 1889-92, Curzon Chapel, Mayfair 1893-7, St. Mark’s, Notting Hill, Bayswater 1898-1906; Assistant Priest, Church of the Annunciation, Marylebone 1912-24; m. 3 Dec 1862 Mary Eliza, eldest dau. of Rev. William Johnstone Burgess, Vicar of Lacey Green, Bucks.; d. 15 Oct 1928.

HUNTER, CLEMENT HAVARD, brother of Howard Havard Hunter (qv); b. 15 Nov 1869; adm. 22 Sep 1881 (H); left Apr 1887.

Hunter, Colin Havard, brother of Francis Trevor Hunter (qv); b. 27 Aug. 1912; adm. Apr. 1926 (G); left July 1930; an aeronautical engineer, AFRAeS 1933; RAFVR 1940-4 (acting Sqdn Ldr), killed in action 8 May 1944.

Colin Havard Hunter was born at Briton Ferry, Neath, Wales on the 27th of August 1912 the son of His Honour Judge Trevor Havard Hunter KC and Ethel Ruth (nee Griffiths) Hunter of 6, Hereford Mansions, Hereford Road, Paddington in London. He was christened at Briton Ferry on the 29th of September 1911. He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Grant’s from April 1926 to July 1930.
On leaving school he became an aeronautical engineer and qualified AFRAeS in 1933. He was awarded a Royal Aero Club Certificate (No. 10534) at the Herts and Essex Aero Club on the 7th of June 1932 while flying a DH Moth aircraft.
He was commissioned as a Pilot Officer in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve on the 14th of September 1940 and was promoted to Flying Officer on the 14th of September 1941. He was promoted to Flight Lieutenant on the 14th of September 1942. He trained at No. 1654 Conversion Unit prior to becoming operational.
On the night of the 7th/8th of May 1944, Bomber Command dispatched 58 Lancasters and 9 Mosquitos for an attack on an ammunition dump at Salbris as part of ongoing operations in preparation for the planned invasion of France. It was to be his eighteenth operation and he had completed 133.48 hours of operational flying up to that time.
Colin Hunter and his crew took off from RAF Dunholm Lodge at 9.46pm on the 7th of May 1944 in Lancaster Mk III ND741KM-K for the operation. Shortly after midnight the aircraft was attacked by a Messerschmitt Bf110 night fighter flown by Leutnant Fred Hromadnik of 9/NJG4 and it caught fire. The crew abandoned the aircraft at low level but only Flight Engineer Fred Cooper’s parachute deployed in time, with the remaining six crew members being killed when they hit the ground. The aircraft crashed at 12.30am into the village of Herbilly, a few kilometres to the west of the River Loire and some twenty kilometres to the north east of Blois. It exploded when it hit the village, destroying several buildings and killing thirteen civilians in their homes. Theirs was the fourth of an eventual six victories for Fred Hromadnik.
The crew was: -
Squadron Leader Colin Havard Hunter (Pilot)
Pilot Officer Richard Colton Alexander (Air Gunner)
Flying Officer Alfred Greenwood (Navigator)
Pilot Officer George Robert Miles (Air Gunner)
Pilot Officer Frederick Arthur Salmon (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner)
Flying Officer Gordon Keith Willis RCAF (Air Bomber)
Sergeant Frederick Stanley Cooper (Flight Engineer) (POW No. 13 Dulag Luft)
Theirs was one of seven aircraft which failed to return from the operation.
While Colin Hunter was fighting to control the aircraft to give his crew time to bail out, Fred Cooper escaped from the aircraft out of the top hatch and was the first member of the crew to get out. His parachute opened just in time and he hit the side of the roof of a house before sliding off and landing on a green house where he suffered cuts to his head. He was taken into hiding by locals but when the Germans threatened to begin shooting the villagers he gave himself up and was taken prisoner. He was later taken by the Germans to the crash site where he was able to identify the bodies of George Miles, Colin Hunter and Alfred Greenwood.
He is buried at Orleans Main Cemetery Plot 1, Row A, Collective Grave 16-27.

Hunter, Francis Trevor, son of Trevor Havard Hunter QC, County Court Judge, and Ethel Ruth, d. of John Griffiths of Neath, Glam.; nephew of Howard Havard Hunter (qv); b. 17 Apr. 1909; adm. Jan. 1923 (G); left Dec. 1926; a chartered accountant, ACA 1932, FCWA 1954, FCA 1955; asst sec. James Mackie & Sons, Belfast, 1936-42; chief cost accountant Min. of War Transport 1942-3; Robson Morrow & Co., consulting accountants, 1943-73; retd; m. 8 Aug. 1936 Audrey Elizabeth, d. of Charles Nelson Park of St Clement, Jersey; d. 21 Feb. 1989.

Hunter, Godfrey Jackson, youngest son of Herbert Hunter, of Streatham, Asst. Solicitor to the London County Council, by Ellen, daughter of Henry Shayer, of Guernsey; b. July 3, 1889; adm. from Merchant Taylor's School Sept. 22, 1904 (H); left July 1907; Trin. Hall, Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1907; B.A. 1910; LL. B. 1911; adm. to Lincoln's Inn Nov. 2, 1907, called to the bar Nov. 17, 1911; Inns of Court O. T. C.; 2nd Lieut. 5th Royal Irish Lancers (Special Reserve) Aug. 15, 1914; Machine Gun Officer 1915; killed in action against the Sinn Feiners in Charles Street, Dublin, while in command of an escort to ammunition, April 26, 1916; unm.

HUNTER, HOWARD HAVARD, son of William Hunter, London, land agent, and Jemima, dau. of John Harris, Rhyddings, Neath, Glamorgan; b. 14 Nov 1867; adm. 22 Sep 1881 (H); left Aug 1883; a land agent; d. unm. 27 May 1932.

HUNTER, JOHN, second son of John Hunter MD FRS FRCP, London; b. 3 Feb 1794; adm. 11 Sep 1804; KS (aged 12) 1807; left 1809; Cornet, 2nd Dragoon Guards 27 Jan 1810; Lieut., 3 Jun 1811; Capt., 24 May 1816; half-pay 25 May 1816; Capt., 71st Foot 11 Mar 1836; retd. 18 Mar 1836; d. 26 May 1869.

Hunter, Mansel Havard, brother of Howard Havard Hunter (q.v.); b. Jan. 11, 1873; adm. Sept. 24, 1885 (H); left Dec. 1888; served in Great War I; Major 7th (Cyclist) Batt. Welsh Regt. (T. F.) April 1, 1908; Lieut.-Col. March 31, 1914; an architect and surveyor; m. 1904, Ethel, daughter of Llewellyn Howell, of Aberdare; d. Dec. 7, 1930.

Hunter, Muir Vane Skerrett, son of Hugh Stewart Hunter, civil servant, and Bluebell Matilda Williams, novelist, d. of George Douglas Williams, chief editor Reuters; b. 19 Aug. 1913; adm. Sept. 1925 (R); left July 1932; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1932, BA 1937, MA 1961; called to the Bar (Gray's Inn) Nov. 1938; served WW2 1940-6: RAC, GHQ (India), and GSO 1 War and Leg. Depts Govt of India (hon. Lieut.-Col.); standing counsel (bankruptcy) to Board of Trade 1949- 65; QC 1965; Bencher Gray's Inn 1976; Amnesty International observer. Burundi 1962, Rho­desia 1969, Turkey 1972; Governor Roy. Shakespeare Theatre 1978-; editor Williams and Muir Hunter on Bankruptcy 1979-84, Muir Hunter on personal Insolvency 1987-; . m. 1st 29 July . 1939 Dorothea, d. of Philip Eason Verstone, 1ournal1st and publisher, of Ealing; 2nd 1986 Gillian Victoria Joyce, sister of Rupert Alexander Neil Petrie (qv); d. 18 Oct. 2008.