Sir Charles Roderick Hunter, 3rd Baronet (6 July 1858 – 24 June 1924) was a

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officer and Conservative Party politician. The second son of Sir Claudius Stephen Paul Hunter, 2nd Baronet and his wife Constance ''née'' Bosanquet, he was educated at

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and the

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. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the

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in January 1878. In May of the same year he transferred to the

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, and in 1880 he was promoted to full lieutenant. In 1884 he was appointed '' aide de camp'' to

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, commander in chief of troops in Canada, and seconded to the

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. He returned to his regiment in September 1885, promoted to captain. In 1887 he married Agnes Lillie Kennard of

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. In 1890 he succeeded his father in the baronetcy (his older brother having died), retiring to the reserve of officers, and accepting a commission as major in the 1st London (City of London Rifle Volunteer Brigade) Volunteer Rifle Corps, a unit of the part-time

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. After the outbreak of the

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, Hunter was seconded for service with the

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. He left

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on board the ''

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'' in January 1900, arriving in

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the following month. In January 1910 he was elected as one of two members of parliament (MPs) for

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alongside

Lord Alexander Thynne Lord Alexander George Boteville Thynne (17 February 1873 – 14 September 1918) was a British Army officer and Conservative politician. Biography Thynne, born in London, was the third and youngest son of John Thynne, 4th Marquess of Bath, and ...

. The two members were re-elected at the December 1910 election. During the

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returned to the general staff, holding the temporary rank of major from 1914 – 1916. In September 1918 Thynne died and

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was elected in his place. In December 1918 Bath was reduced to a single-member constituency, and Hunter stood down in favour of Foxcroft. Hunter died at his London home from complications after undergoing an operation in June 1924. He was buried in

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, site of the family seat, Mortimer Hill. He had no children, and the baronetcy became extinct on his death.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hunter, Charles, 3rd Baronet 1858 births 1924 deaths Volunteer Force officers People educated at Eton College Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1910 UK MPs 1910–1918 Rifle Brigade officers Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst London Rifle Brigade officers North Staffordshire Regiment officers British Army personnel of the Second Boer War