Rowland Hunt

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1797

Biography

Son and co-heir of Edward Hunt of Oundle (q.v.). He was dead by 1797 when he was replaced as administrator of his father's will by his brother Thomas Hunt of Oundle (q.v.). He was shown as a merchant in Dominica in the mid-1780s. He was probably but not certainly the Rowland Hunt buried at St Andrew Holborn 27/07/1797 of New Ormond Street.

Sources

Ancestry.com London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 for Rowland Hunt Camden St Andrew, Holborn 1785-1802 [database online].

Further Information

Absentee?

British/Irish

Associated Estates (3)

The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:

SD - Association Start Date
SY - Association Start Year
EA - Earliest Known Association
ED - Association End Date
EY - Association End Year
LA - Latest Known Association

1775 [EA] - 1777 [LA] → Mortgage Holder

Little Capuchin, St John [ Dominica ]

1792 [EA] - → Heir

Ottley Hall [ St Vincent ]

Co-beneficiary originally with his brothers Thomas Hunt of Oundle and Edward Hunt the younger of the trust established in the will of Edward Hunt of Oundle under which Ottley Hall was to be sold for their benefit. In a codicil the share of Thomas Hunt was redirected to his brother Edward.

1786 [EA] - 1786 [LA] → Attorney

West Wood [ St Vincent ]

It appears likely that the Hunt family were mortgagees of the estate. Thomas Wolley was also the nephew of Edward Hunt the elder and cousin of Thomas Hunt, Rowland Hunt, and Edward Hunt the younger.