George Hunt (MP)

is a gentleman of independent fortune, and resides in the neighbourhood of this borough, in which he possesses sufficient influence to command an exclusive nomination for at least one Member.

He has had the honour of representing it above thirty years, during which period he has never condescended to accept any favour, nor to become the creature of any Administration.

He is attached to no set of political tenets in particular, but following the dictates of an independent and upright mind, has uniformly voted for or against such a system as he thought any way advantageous or inimical to the real interests of his country …….

He can neither be said to possess the shining qualities necessary for constituting a public orator, nor the systematic solidity requisite in a great statesman, but is nevertheless eminently qualified for the important trust he holds, viz.

[2] On his death in 1798 the Lanhydrock estate passed to his niece Anna Maria Hunt.