Charles Shea Hunt

Charles Shea Hunt was a career officer in the British Indian Army and British Army, serving first as a soldier and then as a commissioned officer. He was also a justice of the peace for Hampshire.

Early life

Charles was born in Plymouth in 1837, the son of the attorney Warwick Augustus Hunt and Emily Wooldridge Linzee.

Military service

Charles initially joined the army as a private soldier in the 3rd Madras Regiment serving as the Baggage Master of the Saugor Field Division, being present at Kirwee and Jumna and being mentioned
in despatches during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.[1] On the 23rd of November 1862 he was made a Lieutenant of the 108th Infantry[2], with a further promotion to Captain on the 15th of January 1866.[3]
On the 13th of November 1872 he transferred to the Green Howards,
retaining his rank of Captain[4], and was promoted to Brevet Major on the 16th of September 1878.[5]
He retired from the military on the 11th of February 1880 with the honorary rank of Lieutenant Colonel.[6]

Personal and later life

In 1867 Charles married Katherine Hay (the daughter of William Hay of Great Bowden Hall[7]), the ceremony taking place in Great Bowden, Leicestershire. Together they had two daughters, Kate Emma Hunt and Grace Hay Hunt, both of whom went on to marry officers (Major Henry Di Stella Burford Burford-Hancock and Major Herbert Forbes Churchill respectively).

In 1894, Charles was appointed as a justice of the peace for Hampshire.[8]

Charles died in 1898 at his residence of Cosham Park, located in Cosham, Hertfordshire.

References

1. “(254) — Army lists > Hart’s Army Lists > New annual army list, militia list, and Indian civil service list > 1878 — British Military lists — National Library of Scotland” (https://digital.nls.uk/british-military-lists/archive/120767409). digital.nls.uk. Retrieved 2020–07–01.
2. “The London GazettePublication date:30 September 1862 Issue:22667 Page:4684” (https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/22667/page/4684).
3. “The London Gazette Publication date:30 March 1866 Issue:23092 Page:2140” (https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/23092/page/2140).
4. “The London Gazette Publication date:12 November 1872 Issue:23918 Page:5265” (https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/23918/page/5265).
5. “The London Gazette Publication date:13 December 1878 Issue:24656 Page:7138” (https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/24656/page/7138).
6. “The London Gazette Publication date:10 February 1880 Issue:24810 Page:623” (https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/24810/page/623).
7. “Great Bowden | British History Online” (https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/leics/vol5/pp38-49).

8. Justice Lt. Col. Charles Shea Hunt; Property, Cosham Park House, Cosham. 1894.