Thomas Orby Hunter

Thomas Orby Hunter (c. 1716 – 20 October 1769) was the MP for Winchelsea from 1741 till 1759 and 1760 till 1769. Early life Thomas Orby Hunter was the only son of Major General Robert Hunter, governor of New York and Jamaica and Elizabeth Orby, the daughter of Sir Thomas Orby, 1st Baronet. Career He was deputy paymaster of the forces in Flanders from 1742 to 1748. In 1748, he was commissary to France. He was Lord Admiralty from November 1756 to April 1757 and from July 1757 till April 1763. From December 1758 till April 1760, he was superintendent of supplies to the allied armies in Germany and Lord of the Treasury from April 1763 till July 1765.