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General First nameRowland
LastnameHunt
GenderMale
CountryEngland
Date of birth1858-03-13
Place of birthStoke Albany, Northamptonshire, England
Date of death1943-11-30
Place of deathBroseley, Shropshire, England


About

Rowland Hunt attended Eton School before going up to Cambridge University.
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From: Alumni Cantabrigienses:

Hunt, Rowland. Admitted pensioner, (age 20) at Magdalene, January 25, 1879. [Elder] son of Rowland [Christ Church, Oxford], deceased, of Boreatton, Shropshire. School, Eton. [Previously Lieutenant, Northamptonshire Militia.] Matriculated Lent, 1879.

Served in the South African War, 1899-1902 (Lovat Scouts). Member of Parliament for South Shropshire, 1903-18. Served in the Great War, 1914-19 (Major, London Yeomanry (Territorial Force Res.); Major, City of London Rough Riders).

Succeeded his father at Boreatton Park, December 5, 1878. Justice of the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant. Lord of the manor of Baschurch. Master of the Wheatland Fox Hounds, 1888-98 and 1921-4, and of the Shropshire Hounds, 1898-1900. Author, Socialism or Tariff Reform and Imperial Preference; Free Trade or Freedom — which?

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Archive statistics Career1881 - 1881
Tournament wins0
Matches4
Match wins3


Tournaments Cambridge University LTC - 1881