Family and Education
b. c.1716, o.s. of Maj.-Gen. Robert Hunter, gov. of New York 1710-19 and of Jamaica 1729-34, by Elizabeth, da. and h. of Sir Thomas Orby, 1st Bt., of Crowland, wid, of Lord John Hay. m. 4 Apr. 1749, Jacomina Caroline, da. of Hon. William Bellenden, gd.-da. of John, 2nd Lord Bellenden [S], 4s. 3da. suc. to Crowland Abbey and other estates of his uncle Sir Charles Orby, 3rd Bt., Feb. 1724; and fa. 31 Mar. 1734.
Offices Held
Dep.-paymaster of the forces in Flanders 1742 – 48; commissary to treat with France 1748; ld. of Admiralty Nov. 1756 – Apr. 1757, July 1757 – Apr. 1763; superintendent of supplies to the allied armies in Germany Dec. 1758 – Apr. 1760; ld. of Treasury Apr. 1763-July 1765.
Main residences: Crowland, Lincs.; Waverley Abbey, Surr.
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Commons 1754-1790
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HUNTER, Thomas Orby (c.1716-69)
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