George Ward Hunt [SEP] position held
George Ward Hunt
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.
Background.
He was born at Buckhurst in Berkshire, the only surviving son of a minister, Revd. George Hunt, and graduated from Christ Church, Oxford, in 1851, and 21 November of that year was called to the bar at the Inner Temple.
Political
was re-elected in MP for the City of London in November 1640 for the Long Parliament He was knighted in at Hampton Court on 3 December 1641. He sat in parliament until he was excluded under Pride's Purge in 1648. He became alderman for Vintry ward on 29 September 1644 and later moved to Cheap ward where he was discharged by order of House of Commons on 1 Jun 1649. He was restored to his position as Alderman on 25 Sep 1660 and held the position until 22 January 1667 when he was discharged