Sir Robert Hunter
(1844-1913)
man
Died aged 69
Wikidata WikipediaSir Robert Hunter KCB (27 October 1844 – 6 November 1913) was a solicitor, civil servant and co-founder of the National Trust. From the 1860s Hunter was interested in conservation of public open spaces, and worked with other pioneers in this field, including Octavia Hill and Hardwicke Rawnsley. After acting as adviser to Hill in her campaigns to save Hampstead Heath and other open spaces, he worked with Rawnsley to save land in the English Lake District from industrial development. In 1893 the three campaigners agreed to set up a national body to acquire vulnerable properties and preserve them for the nation. At Hunter's suggestion it was entitled "the National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty", generally known simply as "the National Trust". Hunter was the founding chairman of the trust's executive board. From 1882 until the year of his death Hunter was solicitor to the General Post Office. His negotiations in that capacity were estimated to have saved the British taxpayer many millions of pounds.
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Commemorated on 3 plaques
Sir Robert Hunter 1844-1913 First Chairman of Haslemere Parish Council 1985 and Co-founder of The National Trust 1895 Chairman of Haslemere Commons and Footpaths Preservation Society 1905 and Hindhead Commons Management Committee 1906 Lived in Haslemere 1883-1913
Town Hall, Haslemere , Haslemere, United Kingdom where they lived near
Addington Square was built between 1810 and 1850, when the area was still mostly fields and market gardens. It became home to the well-to-do escaping densely populated central London. It had two swimming baths by 1840. In 1844, National Trust founder Robert Hunter was born. The Richardsons gang operated here in the 1960's.
Addington Square, Brugess Park, London, United Kingdom where they was
Sir Robert Hunter 1844-1913 Co-founder of the National Trust lived here 1869-1872
5 Louvaine Road, Battersea, London, United Kingdom where they was