William Henry Hunt (other)
William Henry Hunt may refer to: * William H. Hunt (1823–1884), United States Secretary of the Navy * William Henry Hunt (judge) (1857–1949), state and federal judge and a territorial governor of Puerto Rico * William Henry Hunt (painter) (1790–1864), English watercolour painter * William Henry Hunt (diplomat) (1863–1951), United States diplomat See also *William Hunt (other) *Henry Hunt (other) Henry Hunt may refer to: *Henry Jackson Hunt (Mayor of Detroit) (died 1826), mayor of Detroit, Michigan *Henry Hunt (cricketer) (born 1997), Australian cricketer *Henry Hunt (politician) (1773–1835), British politician *Henry Jackson Hunt (1819� ...

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William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of England in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm." Shortened familiar versions in English include Will, Wills, Willy, Willie, Bill, and Billy. A common Irish form is Liam. Scottish diminutives include Wull, Willie or Wullie (as in Oor Wullie or the play ''Douglas''). Female forms are Willa, Willemina, Wilma and Wilhelmina. Etymology William is related to the given name ''Wilhelm'' (cf. Proto-Germanic ᚹᛁᛚᛃᚨᚺᛖᛚᛗᚨᛉ, ''*Wiljahelmaz'' > German ''Wilhelm'' and Old Norse ᚢᛁᛚᛋᛅᚼᛅᛚᛘᛅᛋ, ''Vilhjálmr''). By regular sound changes, the native, inherited English form of the name shoul ...
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William Henry Hunt (judge)
William Henry Hunt (November 5, 1857 – February 4, 1949) was the governor of Puerto Rico, a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Montana, Associate Judge of the United States Court of Customs Appeals and a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Customs Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the United States Circuit Courts for the Ninth Circuit. Education and career Born on November 5, 1857, in New Orleans, Louisiana, Hunt read law in 1880. He entered private practice in Fort Benton, Montana Territory from 1880 to 1887. He was Collector of Customs for the Montana Territory and Idaho Territory from 1881 to 1885. He was a delegate to the Montana Constitutional Convention in 1884. He was Attorney General of the Montana Territory from 1885 to 1887. He was a member of the Montana House of Representatives in 1889. He was a Judge of the Montana District Court for the First Judicial District ...
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William Henry Hunt (painter)
William Henry Hunt (London 28 March 1790 – 10 February 1864), was an English watercolourist. Hunt was "one of the key figures in nineteenth-century English watercolour painting. His work was extensively collected in his lifetime, particularly his genre pictures of children, often in humorous situations, and his detailed, naturalistic still lifes of fruit, flowers, and birds' nests that earned him the nickname ‘Bird’s Nest’ Hunt." Early life Hunt was born at 8 Old Belton Street, now 7 Endell Street, near Covent Garden.. His father, John Hunt, was a tin-plate worker, making and selling small containers, such as canisters and boxes, which he also decorated. Hunt's uncle, a butcher, is recorded as having said of the artist, "He was always a poor cripple, and as he was fit for nothing, they made an artist of him." This is at least partially true, as Hunt had deformed legs that hampered his movement and may well have contributed to his eventual abandonment of landscape ...
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William Henry Hunt (diplomat)
William Henry Hunt (1869–1951) was an African-American diplomat, one of the few black people in the United States diplomatic corps (foreign service) during the 19th century. Born in Tennessee, Hunt moved north where he was educated at Williams College. He was befriended by Mifflin Wistar Gibbs, who hired him as an aide for his 1897 consular posting in Madagascar. Hunt was appointed to succeed Gibbs there, and went on to serve at posts in France, Portugal, Guadeloupe and Liberia, retiring in 1932. He settled in Arkansas, where he became active in law and politics. Life William Hunt was born in 1869 in Tennessee. He was of mixed heritage, as was his mother, whose father is believed to be a white planter who served as vice president.
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William Hunt (other)
William Hunt may refer to: Australia * Bill Hunt (cricketer) (1908–1983), Australian Test cricketer of the 1930s * William Hunt (sprinter) (1898–1977), Australian Olympic sprinter New Zealand * Sir William Hunt (businessman) (1867–1939), New Zealand business leader, stock and station agent * Bill Hunt (alpine skier) (1929–2009), New Zealand Olympic skier United Kingdom * William Hunt (banker), Governor of the Bank of England from 1749 to 1752 * William Henry Hunt (painter) (1790–1864), English water-colour painter * William Holman Hunt (1827–1910), British painter * William Hunt (priest) (1842–1931), English clergyman and historian * William Warren Hunt (1909–1994), inaugural Bishop of Repton from 1965 to 1977 * Billy Hunt (footballer) (born 1934), English footballer who played in the 1950s * William Hunt (officer of arms) (born 1946), English Officer of Arms * William D. G. Hunt (born 1955), British army NCO and landmine campaigner United States * Wilson Pri ...
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