John Hunt, Baron Hunt
(1910-1998), Mountaineer and public servantSitter in 8 portraits
In 1952 Hunt was given a special leave from the British Army of the Rhine to organise and lead the British expedition, which subsequently conquered Mount Everest in May 1953. Hunt did not reach the summit, but his planning enabled Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay to make the successful assault. Hunt himself, as leader, decided it was his responsibility to remain at base camp. As a young lieutenant, serving in India, he spent his leave climbing and exploring the Saltoro range of the Karakoram. This led to his appointment as Chief Instructor at the Mountain Warfare and Winter Warfare School at Braemar. After retiring from the Army in 1956 he became director of the Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme.
by Bern Schwartz
dye transfer print, 20 June 1977
NPG P1189
by Howard Coster
bromide print, 1950s
NPG x1931
by Walter Bird
bromide print, 1955
NPG x135376
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 9 October 1969
NPG x165928
John Hunt, Baron Hunt and Tenzing Norgay
by Daily Mirror
bromide print, May 1973
NPG x18670
Sir (Robert) Charles Evans; John Hunt, Baron Hunt
by John Musgrave-Wood ('Emmwood')
pen and ink with watercolour, 1955
NPG D42312
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