Hunter

THOMAS HUNTER: (1712-1777), author, eldest son of William Hunter, born at Kendal, Westmoreland, and baptised there on 30 March 1712, was educated at the Kendal Grammar School, and matriculated at Queen’s College, Oxford, on 2 July 1734. In 1737, he was elected master of the Blackburn Grammar School, and was subsequently appointed curate of Balderstone, Lancashire. Composer of many books. He left Blackburn in 1750, on being appointed vicar of Garstang, Lancashire, and was preferred on 18 April 1755 to the vicarage of Weaverham, Chesshire, where he died on 1 Sept. 1777.

GEORGE MC PHERSON HUNTER: clergyman, author; b. Glasgow, Scotland, Sept. 29, 1869; s. James and Elizabeth H.; educ. Engring School and Glasgow U.; grad. New Brunswick Theol. Sem. 1901; m. Madeline Norman of Toronto Can., 1904; children: Norman M., J. Stewart, Betty (dec.) Morprie. Came to U.S., 1899, naturalized, citizen, 1908; ordained Presby. minister, 1901; pastor Rochelle Park, N.J. 1901-04; Gen. Sec. Am. Seaman’s Friend Soc., 1904-14; edit. of “Presby. Banner,” Pittsburgh, Mem. Amer. Soc. Marine Engrs. Alpha Sigma. Republican; Mason. Author: “Morning Faces,” 1918; “When I Was a Boy in Scotland,” 1919; “Gardens of Green,” 1920. Contbr. articles on … Read more

SIR JOHN HERBERT HUNTER: Kt. cr. 1925; member of the L.C.C. since 1907; Vice Chairman, 1912-13; Chairman 1924-25; b. 7 March 1864; s. of late John Humphrey Hunter; educ.: Privately; J.P. County of London since 1913; Chairman of Junior Constitutional Club; Chairman North Paddington Conservative Association. Address: 12 Westbourne Crescent, Hyde Park, W.2, T.: Paddington 4558; Kensington 749. Club: Junior Constitutional.

LT.-COL. CHARLES FINLAYSON HUNTER: D.S.O. 1916; late 4th Dragoon Guards; b. 1880; y.s. of James Hunter of Glenapp, Ballantrae, Ayrshire; educ.: Repton. Joined 4th Dragoon Guards 1899; Adjutant Pembroke Yeomanry, 1905-09; served European War with 4th Dragoon Guards, 1914-18; D.A.A.G. Headquarters I.E.C., 1916, (despatches 4 times); Legion D’Honneur, D.S.O., Bt. Lt. Col.; D.A.A.G. Headquarters L. of C.; A.A.G. Fifth Army, 1916-17; A.Q.M.G. British Mission, French G.Q.G. 1917-18; retired pay, 1924. Clubs: Army and Navy, Ranelagh, Roehampton.

PAUL STEWART HUNTER: M.D.; March 29,1877-Oct. 20, 1923. See Vol. 13 (1924-25), “Who’s Who in America.”

WILLIAM HUNTER: was Assistant Secretary of the State. His son, Lieut. H. C. Hunter, of the United States Navy, died at Barcelona, Spain, in 1873. Revolutionary officers of the name are Alexander, Daniel, Ephriam and James, of Pennsylvania; David of South Carolina; James of North Carolina; Andrew of New Jersey; Elijah and John, of New York.

G156 HENRY HUNTER: Merchant of London; b. 1634. G157 JOHN HUNTER: lived in Berkshire; d. 1714. G158 HENRY LANNOY HUNTER. G159 HUNTER. G160 SIR CLAUDIUS STEPHEN HUNTER: b. 1775; created Baronet, 1812. G161 JOHN HUNTER: b. 1798. G162 SIR CLAUDIUS STEPHEN PAUL HUNTER: 2nd Baronet. G163 SIR CHARLES RODERICK HUNTER: 3rd Baronet; b. 1858.

CHRISTOPHER HUNTER: (1675-1757), physician and antiquary, born in July 1675, was the only son of Thomas Hunter, of Medonsley, Durham, by his second wife, Margaret Readshaw (Surtees, Durham, ii. 289). He was educated at the free grammar school of Kepyr in Houghton-le-Spring, Durham. In 1692 he was admitted pensioner of St. John’s College, Cambridge, and became a favourite pupil of Thomas Baker (1656-1740) (q.v.), whose sister Margaret was the wife of John Hunter, Christopher’s eldest brother. From this connection he derived a taste for antiquarian pursuits. He took the degree of bachelor of medicine in 1698, and soon afterwards settled … Read more

JOHN HUNTER: (1728-1793), anatomist and surgeon, born on 11 February 1728 at Long Calderwood, in the parish of East Kilbride, Lanarkshire; was the youngest of ten children. His father John Hunter (d. 1741, aged 78), was descended from an old Ayrshire family, Hunter of Hunterston, and was a man of intelligence, integrity, and anxious temperament. His mother Agnes Paul, daughter of the treasurer of the city of Glasgow, was an excellent and handsome woman. As a boy Hunter showed little taste for books, country sports, and being allowed to neglect school, never overcame the defects of his education. When about … Read more

WALTER DAVID HUNTER: entomologist; Dec. 14, 1875Oct. 13, 1925. See Vol. 13 (1924-25), “Who’s Who in America.”

WILLIAM HUNTER: of Boston, married first in 1657, Cicely . She probably died soon afterward. His second wife was Mary, only child of Richard Carter. By her he had children. Savage, in his “Genealogical Dictionary,” says that the four young passengers of the ship Blessing, the record of whose sailing appears above, may have been children of this William, sent to join him in New England.

Norman Ventor or Hunter lived between 1080 and 1165, and William Ventor, whose name appears as one of the witnesses to an inquisition, A.D. 1116, by David I, of the lands pertaining to the Church of Glasgow, are the earliest of the family on record. They are said to have passed over to England soon after the Conquest, 1066. Norman received a grant of land on the extreme west coast of co. , (later called “Arnell Hunter”), which now forms part of the state of Hunterston (previously called “Huntarstown.” Aylmar de la Huntar signed the noted submission to Edward I, … Read more