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Thomas Orby Hunter

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The Right Honourable
Thomas Orby Hunter
Member of Parliament
for Winchelsea
In office
1741 – January 1759
In office
5 April 1760 – 20 October 1769
Lord Admiralty
In office
November 1756 – April 1757
In office
July 1757 – April 1763
Lord of the Treasury
In office
April 1763 – July 1765
Personal details
Bornc. 1716
Died20 October 1769
SpouseJacomina Caroline
Parents

Thomas Orby Hunter (c. 1716 – 20 October 1769) was the MP for Winchelsea from 1741 till 1759 and 1760 till 1769.[1][2]

Early life

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Thomas Orby Hunter was the only son of Major General Robert Hunter, governor of New York and Jamaica and Elizabeth Orby, the daughter of Sir Thomas Orby, 1st Baronet. He inherited Crowland Abbey, Lincolnshire, as part of the estate of the last of the Orby baronets.[2]

Career

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He was deputy paymaster of the forces in Flanders from 1742 to 1748. In 1748, he was commissary to France.

He was Lord Admiralty from November 1756 to April 1757 and from July 1757 till April 1763. From December 1758 till April 1760, he was superintendent of supplies to the allied armies in Germany and Lord of the Treasury from April 1763 till July 1765.

In 1746, Hunter became chief at William Pitt the Elder's pay office. In October 1756, Hunter was appointed a Lord of the Admiralty during the Pitt–Devonshire ministry and the Pitt–Newcastle ministry.

On 22 February 1766, he voted against the repeal of the Stamp Act 1765. On 27 February 1767, he voted against the Chatham ministry on the land tax. On 17 February 1768, he voted against the nullum tempus bill. At the 1768 general election, he aligned himself with Lord Thomond's Egremont policies,

Personal life

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On 4 April 1749, he married Jacomina Caroline Bullenden, the daughter of Colonel William Bullenden. They had three children:[3]

  • Charles Orby Hunter (d. 1791), who married Elizabeth Howard, daughter of George Howard.[3]
  • James Orby Hunter (d. 1756), who died young.[3]
  • George Orby Hunter (d. 1756), who died young.[3]

He died on 20 October 1769.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Thomas Orby Hunter MP". Legacies of British Slavery database. Archived from the original on 7 November 2023. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  2. ^ a b c John Brooke. "HUNTER, Thomas Orby (c.1716-69), of Crowland, Lincs. and Waverley Abbey, Surr". History of Parliament. Archived from the original on 7 November 2023. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  3. ^ a b c d Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 2, page 2002.
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Winchelsea
1741–1754
With: The Viscount Doneraile
Lieutenant Colonel John Mordaunt
Arnold Nesbitt
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Winchelsea
1760–1768
With: Arnold Nesbitt
The Earl of Thomond
Sir Thomas Sewell
Succeeded by