Rex Hunt, English lieutenant, pilot, and diplomat, Governor of the Falkland Islands (born 1926)

Rex Hunt (diplomat)

Governor, Falkland Islands, 1926–2012

Sir Rex Masterman Hunt, was a British Government diplomat and colonial administrator. He was Governor, Commander-in-Chief, and Vice Admiral of the Falkland Islands between 1980 and September 1985. During the Argentine invasion of the islands in 1982, he was taken prisoner and…

Governor of the Falkland Islands

The governor of the Falkland Islands is the representative of the British Crown in the Falkland Islands, acting "in His Majesty's name and on His Majesty's behalf" as the islands' Viceroy in the absence of the British monarch. The role and powers of the governor are set out in…