Robert Hunter (National Trust) Robert Hunter (National Trust) Sir Robert Hunter (27 October 1844 – 6 November 1913) was a solicitor, civil servant and co-founder of the National Trust. From the 1860s Hunter was interested in conservation of public open spaces, and worked with other pioneers in this field, including Octavia Hill and Hardwicke Rawnsley. After acting as adviser to Hill in her campaigns to save Hampstead Heath and other open spaces, he worked with Rawnsley to save land in the English Lake District from industrial development. In 1893 the three campaigners agreed to set up a national body to acquire vulnerable properties and
Andrew Rawnsley in "The Observer" from 21 February and published in book form on 1 March 2010. It attracted controversy by alleging that the prime minister, Gordon Brown, physically attacked members of his staff. An expanded paperback edition, taking the story up to the day of Gordon Brown's resignation after the 2010 general election, was published on 30 September 2010. In 1990 he married Jane Hall in Cambridge. They have three daughters: Olivia, Jessica and Cordelia (born October 1991, January 1994 and March 1997). Rawnsley became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in 2001. Andrew Rawnsley Andrew Nicholas James Rawnsley