There is a Westminster tradition that, on leaving Downing Street for the House of Commons on Budget Day, the Chancellor of the Exchequer shows the assembled crowd the ministerial red box containing the Budget speech, by holding it aloft.[7] When Hunt presented his one and only Budget speech, he kept the House of Commons waiting, and it is supposed that he had left the speech behind.[1] When he spoke, the Budget presentation was the shortest recorded.[8]
Hunt was appointed to the Admiralty for Disraeli's second ministry, serving from 1874 until his death from gout in 1877. Although he was considered competent at finance, his turn at the Admiralty was, for a long time, not much admired. That attitude has, however, been revised.[9] Canada's Ward Hunt Island was named for him. It is off Ellesmere Island, and of interest for the Ward Hunt Ice Shelf observed in 1876 by Pelham Aldrich.[10]
Hunt died at Bad Homburg, Germany, in July 1877, on the eve of his 52nd birthday. His wife died in 1894.
^ abcdMatthew, H. C. G. "Hunt, George Ward". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/14192. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ ab"Northamptonshire Past & Present 1976" (PDF). northamptonshirerecordsociety.org.uk. p. 349.
^Kenny, Anthony (2005). Arthur Hugh Clough: A Poet's Life. A&C Black. pp. 103 and 114. ISBN978-0-8264-8269-3.
^Hawkins, Angus (2008). The Forgotten Prime Minister: The 14th Earl of Derby: Volume II: Achievement, 1851-1869. OUP Oxford. p. 367. ISBN978-0-19-920441-0.
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George Ward Hunt 30 July 1825 29 July 1877 was a British statesman of the Conservative Party who was Chancellor of the Exchequer and First Lord of the Admiralty in the first and second ministries of Benjamin Disraeli The Right HonourableGeorge Ward HuntChancellor of the ExchequerIn office 29 February 1868 1 December 1868MonarchVictoriaPrime MinisterBenjamin DisraeliPreceded byBenjamin DisraeliSucceeded byRobert LowePersonal detailsBorn 1825 07 30 30 July 1825Winkfield BerkshireDied29 July 1877 1877 07 29 aged 51 Bad Homburg GermanyNationalityBritishPolitical partyConservativeSpouseAlice Eden d 1894 Alma materChrist Church Oxford Hunt as caricatured by Carlo Pellegrini in Vanity Fair March 1871 Contents 1 Early life 2 Political career 3 Family 4 Notes 5 References 6 External linksEarly life editHe was born at Buckhurst Park at Winkfield in Berkshire the eldest son of the Rev George Hunt of Winkfield and his wife Emma Gardiner daughter of Samuel Gardiner of Coombe Lodge Oxfordshire His father was rector of Barningham and then Boughton He was educated at Eton College 1 2 3 He matriculated at Christ Church Oxford in 1844 4 As an undergraduate he went on vacation reading parties with Arthur Hugh Clough in 1845 at Grasmere in 1846 at Castleton of Braemar and in 1847 at Drumnadrochit on Loch Ness In Clough s poem The Bothie of Toper na fuosich he is identified with the outsize character Hobbes Hobbes dances in a kilt and Hunt painted a self portrait of himself wearing one 2 5 Hunt graduated B A in 1848 and M A in 1851 4 on 21 November of that year he was called to the bar at the Inner Temple 1 Political career editHunt entered the House of Commons in 1857 as Member of Parliament for Northamptonshire North at the end of the year having made several unsuccessful attempts previously He was a Secretary to the Treasury from 1866 to 1868 in the ministry of the 14th Earl of Derby Regarded as sensible but dull according to Derby s biographer Hawkins he was then appointed to the Exchequer when Disraeli took office 6 There is a Westminster tradition that on leaving Downing Street for the House of Commons on Budget Day the Chancellor of the Exchequer shows the assembled crowd the ministerial red box containing the Budget speech by holding it aloft 7 When Hunt presented his one and only Budget speech he kept the House of Commons waiting and it is supposed that he had left the speech behind 1 When he spoke the Budget presentation was the shortest recorded 8 Hunt was appointed to the Admiralty for Disraeli s second ministry serving from 1874 until his death from gout in 1877 Although he was considered competent at finance his turn at the Admiralty was for a long time not much admired That attitude has however been revised 9 Canada s Ward Hunt Island was named for him It is off Ellesmere Island and of interest for the Ward Hunt Ice Shelf observed in 1876 by Pelham Aldrich 10 Hunt died at Bad Homburg Germany in July 1877 on the eve of his 52nd birthday His wife died in 1894 Family editHunt married Alice daughter of the Right Reverend Robert Eden Bishop of Moray Ross and Caithness in 1857 They had five sons and five daughters 1 including Sir Allen Thomas Hunt an Admiral in the Royal Navy Hunt s residence was Wadenhoe House in Northamptonshire Notes edit a b c d Matthew H C G Hunt George Ward Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online ed Oxford University Press doi 10 1093 ref odnb 14192 Subscription or UK public library membership required a b Northamptonshire Past amp Present 1976 PDF northamptonshirerecordsociety org uk p 349 Hunt George 1810 1820 CCEd Person ID 78237 The Clergy of the Church of England Database 1540 1835 Retrieved 9 January 2021 a b Foster Joseph 1888 1892 Hunt George Ward Alumni Oxonienses the Members of the University of Oxford 1715 1886 Oxford Parker and Co via Wikisource Kenny Anthony 2005 Arthur Hugh Clough A Poet s Life A amp C Black pp 103 and 114 ISBN 978 0 8264 8269 3 Hawkins Angus 2008 The Forgotten Prime Minister The 14th Earl of Derby Volume II Achievement 1851 1869 OUP Oxford p 367 ISBN 978 0 19 920441 0 The Budget and Parliament parliament uk Wilding Norman W Laundy Philip 1968 An Encyclopaedia of Parliament F A Praeger p 62 Eric J Grove The Royal Navy since 1815 p 57 59 Williams Richard S Ferrigno Jane G 2002 Glaciers of North America U S Government Printing Office p 149 ISBN 978 0 607 98290 9 References editLeigh Rayment s Historical List of MPsExternal links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to George Ward Hunt Hansard 1803 2005 contributions in Parliament by George Ward Hunt Parliament of the United Kingdom Preceded byAugustus StaffordLord Burghley Member of Parliament for Northamptonshire North1857 1877 With Lord Burghley 1857 1867Sackville Stopford Sackville 1867 1877 Succeeded bySackville Stopford SackvilleLord Burghley Political offices Preceded byHugh Childers Financial Secretary to the Treasury1866 1868 Succeeded byGeorge Sclater Booth Preceded byBenjamin Disraeli Chancellor of the Exchequer1868 Succeeded byRobert Lowe Preceded byGeorge Goschen First Lord of the Admiralty1874 1877 Succeeded byW H Smith Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title George Ward Hunt amp oldid 1217935010, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
