biography
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Hunt, William Henry
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| lived:
| (1823–84)
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| biography:
| Jurist and secretary of the navy, born in Charleston, South Carolina, USA. He practised law in New Orleans (1844–78). As secretary of the navy (1881–2) he appointed the first naval advisory board, and was ambassador to Russia (1882–4). |
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