David Hunt, Baron Hunt of Wirral

The Lord Hunt of Wirral
Official portrait, 2023
Secretary of State for Wales
Acting
26 June 1995  5 July 1995
Prime MinisterJohn Major
Preceded byJohn Redwood
Succeeded byWilliam Hague
In office
4 May 1990  27 May 1993
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
John Major
Preceded byPeter Walker
Succeeded byJohn Redwood
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
In office
20 July 1994  5 July 1995
Prime MinisterJohn Major
Preceded byWilliam Waldegrave
Succeeded byRoger Freeman
Secretary of State for Employment
In office
27 May 1993  20 July 1994
Prime MinisterJohn Major
Preceded byGillian Shephard
Succeeded byMichael Portillo
Minister of State for Local Government
In office
25 July 1989  4 May 1990
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
Preceded byJohn Gummer
Succeeded byMichael Portillo
Deputy Chief Whip
Treasurer of the Household
In office
15 June 1987  25 July 1989
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
Preceded byJohn Cope
Succeeded byTristan Garel-Jones
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Assumed office
20 October 1997
Life Peerage
Member of Parliament
for Wirral West
Wirral (1976–83)
In office
11 March 1976  8 April 1997
Preceded bySelwyn Lloyd
Succeeded byStephen Hesford
Personal details
Born
David James Fletcher Hunt

(1942-05-21) 21 May 1942
Glyn Ceiriog, Wales
Political partyConservative

David James Fletcher Hunt, Baron Hunt of Wirral, MBE, PC (born 21 May 1942) is a British Conservative politician who served as a member of the Cabinet during the Thatcher and Major ministries, and was appointed to the Privy Council in 1990.