The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Hunt, Maj.-Gen. Robert Augustus Carew
Hunt, Maj.-Gen. Robert Augustus Carew; Unemployed Supernumerary List; b. Hamburg, 1838; s, of late Henry Carew Hunt of Stoke Gabriel, Devon; m. 1878, Annie, d, of Richard Agar of Bagnalstown, Carlow; served with 5th Bombay Light Infantry against the Taipings near Shanghai; present at the storming and capture of the entrenched camp at Wang-Kaza, 18G2; accompanied his regiment to Abyssinia, 1867; served in Afghan War, 1879-83, and commanded the 5th Bombay Light Infantry in the march to Kandahar (medal): Income and Land Tax Commissioner for Devon, 1906; Hon, Colonel. 105th Mahratta Light Infantry, 1909; J.P. for Devon. Address: Sid Abbey, Salcombe Regis, near Sidmouth, Devon.