David Hunt, Baron Hunt of Wirral

The Right Honourable The Lord Hunt of Wirral MBE PC
Official portrait, 2023
Secretary of State for Wales
Acting 26 June 1995 – 5 July 1995
Prime Minister	John Major
Preceded by	John Redwood
Succeeded by	William Hague
In office 4 May 1990 – 27 May 1993
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher John Major
Preceded by	Peter Walker
Succeeded by	John Redwood
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
In office 20 July 1994 – 26 June 1995
Prime Minister	John Major
Preceded by	William Waldegrave
Succeeded by	Roger Freeman
Secretary of State for Employment
In office 27 May 1993 – 20 July 1994
Prime Minister	John Major
Preceded by	Gillian Shephard
Succeeded by	Michael Portillo
Treasurer of the Household
In office 15 June 1987 – 25 July 1989
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher
Preceded by	John Cope
Succeeded by	Tristan Garel-Jones
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
Incumbent
Assumed office 20 October 1997 Life Peerage
Member of Parliament for Wirral West Wirral (1976–83)
In office 12 March 1976 – 8 April 1997
Preceded by	Selwyn Lloyd
Succeeded by	Stephen Hesford
Personal details
Born	(1942-05-21) 21 May 1942 (age 82) Glyn Ceiriog, Wales
Political party	Conservative

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.