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David Hunt, Baron Hunt of Wirral

The Right Honourable
The Lord Hunt of Wirral
MBE PC
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Secretary of State for Wales
In office
26 June 1995 – 5 July 1995
Prime Minister John Major
Preceded by John Redwood
Succeeded by William Hague
In office
4 May 1990 – 27 May 1993
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
John Major
Preceded by Peter Walker
Succeeded by John Redwood
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
In office
20 July 1994 – 26 June 1995
Prime Minister John Major
Preceded by William Waldegrave
Succeeded by Roger Freeman
Secretary of State for Employment
In office
27 May 1993 – 20 July 1994
Prime Minister John Major
Preceded by Gillian Shephard
Succeeded by Michael Portillo
Treasurer of the Household
In office
15 June 1987 – 25 July 1989
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
Preceded by John Cope
Succeeded by Tristan Garel-Jones
Member of Parliament
for Wirral West
In office
9 June 1983 – 1 May 1997
Preceded by Constituency Created
Succeeded by Stephen Hesford
Member of Parliament
for Wirral
In office
11 March 1976 – 9 June 1983
Preceded by Selwyn Lloyd
Succeeded by Constituency Abolished
Personal details
Born (1942-05-21) 21 May 1942 (age 74)
Political party Conservative

David James Fletcher Hunt, Baron Hunt of Wirral MBE PC, (born 21 May 1942), is a British Conservative politician, and was a member of the Cabinet during the Margaret Thatcher and John Major administrations, while also being appointed to serve on the Privy Council in 1990.

Hunt was educated at Liverpool College, an independent school for boys (now co-educational), in Liverpool, at the time in Lancashire (and now in Merseyside), followed by the University of Bristol, where he studied Law. In 1965, representing the university, he won The Observer Mace debating competition, speaking with Bob Marshall Andrews. In 1995, the competition was renamed the John Smith Memorial Mace and is now run by the English-Speaking Union.

Born in Glyn Ceiriog in 1942, the son of former Royal Naval Reserves Officer Alan N Hunt OBE and Jessie E E Northrop, David Hunt was the middle child of three, with two sisters. Growing up, David was an active member of the Young Conservatives where he was inspired into running for political office for the Conservative Party.


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