Admiral Sir Nicholas John Streynsham Hunt GCB LVO DL (7 November 1930 – 25 October 2013) was a senior Royal Navy officer.

Hunt was born on 7 November 1930[1] in Hawarden, Flintshire, the younger son[2] of Brigadier John Montgomerie Hunt of the 5th Battalion, 2nd Punjab Regiment, Indian Army[3] and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Walter Baldwyn Yates CBE.

[1] Promoted to lieutenant commander on 17 August 1960,[8] he was posted to the Directorate of Naval Plans at the Ministry of Defence in 1966.

[12] Appointed aide-de-camp to the Queen on 7 July 1980[13] (which post he held until 7 January 1981),[14] he became Flag Officer, Second Flotilla in October 1980.

[1] Hunt was known to be a strong supporter of the nuclear deterrent[19] and was Chairman of the Royal Navy Club of 1765 & 1785 (United 1889).

[28] On 20 July 1961, Hunt was made a Member of the Fourth Class of the Royal Victorian Order.