Genealogy

MAJOR RICHARD DEVAS HUNTER: D.S.O. 1919 late The Cameronians; y.s. of Robert Lewin Hunter of Lincoln’s Inn; m. 1918, Vixen, dau. of Harry Lomas; one s. Served European War (D.S.O. and bar, despatches thrice, Ordre de Leopold avec Croix de Guerre). Address: 39 South Street W.1. Club: Naval and Military.

SUMMERS HUNTER: C.B.E. 1918; J.P.; M. Inst. C.E., etc.; Chairman and Managing Director, The North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co., Ltd., Wallsend-on-Tyne and Sunderland; b. 12 July 1856; s. of John Ranson Hunter and Mary Isabella Dunliffe Hunter; educ.: Royal Academy, Inverness; privately; Wedgewood Institute, Burselem. Apprenticed to Barker & Cope General Engineers at Kidsgrove Stoke-on-Trent; joined

LT.-COL. THOMAS HUNTER: C.I.E. 1923; I.M.S.; Civil Surgeon, Lucknow, India; Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Lucknow; b. 1873; s. of Thomas Hunter, of Kilmar nock; m. Jessie Catanach, dau. of Adam A. Haig, Innerleithen; two s. three dau. Educ.: Kilmarnock Academy; Glasgow University; M.A. 1892; B.Sc. (1st Hons.) 1895; M.B., Chem.B. (1st Hons.)

THOMAS HUNTER: M.P. (S. Fein), N.E. Cork, Dec. 1918-22. Dail for East and Northeast Co. Cork, 1921-22. Address: Castletown-roche Co. Cork.

THOMAS ALEXANDER HUNTER: M.A., M.Sc.; Professor of Mental and Moral Philosophy, Victoria College, University of New Zealand, since 1909; b. Croydon, London, 1876; 3rd s. of William Hunter, banker; educ.: Otago Univ. Dunedin Senior Scholar N.Z. University, and M.A. with 1st class Honours in Mental and Moral Philosophy; M.Sc. Senior House Master, Wailaki Boy’s High

WALTER KING HUNTER: M.D., D.Sc., F.R.F.P.S.G.; Muirhead Professor of Medicine, University of Glasgow; Physician Glasgow Royal Infirmary; Consulting Physician Glasgow Royal Mental Hospital; Major R.A.M.C. (T.F.) (retired); late President, Royal Medico Chirurgical Society of Glasgow; b. Glasgow, 1867; s. of late William Hunter, merchant Glasgow; unmarried. Educ.: Glasgow Academy; Glasgow University; Kings College, London; Paris.

WILLIAM HUNTER: C.B. 1916; M.D. (Gold Medallist) C.M. (Edin.), F.R.C.P. (Lond.) F.R.S.E., Colonel A.M.S.; Consulting Physician to Eastern Command; Late Senior Physician, London Fever Hospital; Consulting Physician Charing Cross Hospital; Dean of Medical School, 1910-15; b. 1 June 1861; s. of the late Robert Hunter of Birkenhead; educ.: Edinburgh University; University of Leipsic; Vienna; Strasburg,

SIR W. B. HUGHES HUNTER.

MAJOR GENERAL WOODBURN HUNTER: R.A.; b. 24 May 1844; s. of Lieut.-Col. Charles Hunter; Bombay Army; m. Marion, dau. of Major General James Morris, of the Bombay Army, 1870; two s. two dau. Educ.: Brighton Coll.; Cheltenham Coll. Entered Royal Artillery, 1865; Capt. 1877; Major 1884; Brevet Lieut.-Col. 1885; Col. 1889; Major General 1898; retired,

(See Reference 24) A200 ROLLO, THE DANE: Duke of Normandy, A.D. 912. Married Lady Poppa, daughter of Berengarius, Count of Bayeaux, A201 WILLIAM THE LONGSWARD: second Duke of Normandy. A202 RICHARD I: third Duke of Normandy, married a daughter of a Danish Knight. A203 GODFREY: Count of Eu and Brion. A204 RICHARD FITZ GISLEBRET DE

Tune: Battle Hymn of the Republic Bonnie Scotland our dear Hunter fathers lived and died, At Hunterston, their ancient home, in Ayrshire, near the Clyde. At Hunter name what Scottish blood but beats with joy and pride! The Clan goes marching on! Chorus: Glory to the House of Hunter! Glory to the name of Hunter!

Sir Bernard Burke, of Heralds College, London, said “Heraldry is prized by all who can show honorable ancestry or who wish to found honorable families.” While Coats of Arms are not recognized by law in the United States, more American families than ever before are displaying Coats of Arms used by their forebears in Europe.

The Hunter Family is of royal descent from EDWARD I, King of England, through his second son, Edmund, Earl of Kent, whose daughter, Lady Joan Plantagenet, was the wife of Thomas, Lord Holland. Her great-great-granddaughter, Princess Jane Stuart, became the wife of George Gordon, second Earl of Huntly and Lord Chancellor. Their daughter, Lady Isabel

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

B114 EDWARD HUNTER: of Polmood. B115 NORMAN HUNTER: married Elspeth Manners, an attendant to Queen Margaret (Tudor). He is said to be the 9th Laird of the name Norman. Died 1512. B116 WALTER HUNTER: married 1525. B117 ROBERT HUNTER: d. 1569. B118 ROBERT HUNTER: d. 1586. B119 JAMES HUNTER: “Tudor of Polmood.” B120 JOHN HUNTER:

C127 RICHARD HUNTER: of Troy House, co. Londonderry, Ireland. He was a descendant of Hunter of Hunterston. C128 NATHANIEL HUNTER: of Troy House; b. 1762; d. 1811. C129 RICHARD HUNTER: born 1788. (1) Nathaniel Maxwell: born 1819. (2) John Charles Frederick: now of Straidarran. The Arms used by this branch of the family differed very

D130 JAMES HUNTER: of Abbotsford, Co. Ayr, a younger son of Hunterston; acquired lands in Ayr by charter dated May 19, 1569. D131 JAMES HUNTER: acquired lands of Reddingwood; died 1617. D132 JAMES HUNTER: Provost of Ayr. (1) Robert-D133. (2) Adam. (A) James: b. 1672. (a) Andrew: b. 1695. 1. Rev. Andrew: b. 1744. D133

H164 JOHN HUNTER: married 1680. H165 JAMES HUNTER: married 1722. H166 JAMES HUNTER: b. 1816. H167 SIR CHARLES HUGHES HUNTER: created Baronet 1910. H168 SIR WILLIAM BLAKELEY HUGHES HUNTER. Motto: Dum Spero Spero.

ALEXANDER HUNTER: M.D. (1729-1809), physician born at Edinburgh in 1729, was eldest son of a druggist. He was sent to the grammar school at ten, and at fifteen to the university, where he remained until he was twenty-one, having devoted the last three years to medicine. He spent the next year or two studying in