Henry Hunt (police officer)

Henry James Ellis Hunt, CVO, CBE (8 June 1918 – 27 January 2008) was a British police officer in the London Metropolitan Police.

Hunt spent most of his early police service in East London and with Thames Division. After spending eight months as Commander (Traffic), he was promoted to Deputy Assistant Commissioner (Administration) in January 1969. He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1971 New Year Honours.[1] He was appointed Assistant Commissioner "B" (Traffic) in 1972.[2][3] In January 1974 he moved to be Assistant Commissioner "D" (Personnel and Training),[4] a post he occupied until 1978. He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1976 New Year Honours[5] and Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) in the 1978 New Year Honours,[6] shortly before his retirement. Hunt died in January 2008 in Wood Green, London at the age of 89.[7]

Footnotes
  1. "No. 45262". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1970. p. 10.
  2. "Administrator is new London CID chief", The Times, 12 February 1972
  3. "No. 45656". The London Gazette. 25 April 1972. p. 4912.
  4. "New assistant commissioner", The Times, 8 November 1973
  5. "No. 46777". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1975. p. 9.
  6. "No. 47418". The London Gazette. 30 December 1977. p. 4.
  7. Ancestry: Henry James Ellis Hunt
Police appointments
Preceded by
Colin Woods		 Commander (Traffic), Metropolitan Police
1968–1969		 Succeeded by
Unknown
Preceded by
Unknown		 Deputy Assistant Commissioner (Administration), Metropolitan Police
1969–1972		 Succeeded by
Unknown
Preceded by
Colin Woods		 Assistant Commissioner "B", Metropolitan Police
1972–1974		 Succeeded by
Patrick Kavanagh
Preceded by
John Alderson		 Assistant Commissioner "D", Metropolitan Police
1974–1978		 Succeeded by
John Gerrard
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