Joseph Hunt (MP)

Joseph Hunt (1762–1816) was a British Tory MP who also held various senior posts linked to the Admiralty and Royal Navy.

[2] From 1779 (aged only 17) he was Clerk to his father in his role as Surveyor of the Navy (to which post he had been appointed in 1778).

In 1788 he became private secretary to John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham in the Admiralty, retaining this role until at least 1802.

He was in charge of the Transport Office 1798 to 1802 (dealing with French prisoners-of-war), clerk of deliveries in the Ordnance Department 1802–03, Treasurer to the Royal Navy 1803 to 1806 and 1807 to 1810.

[4] As a consequence of what appeared to be embezzlement Hunt not only lost his job in May by expulsion from Parliament but also had his house in Lee, Kent confiscated by the Ordnance Board.