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"SIR ROBERT HUNTER (1844-1913), English lawyer and philanthropist, was born Oct. 27 1844. Educated at the university of London, he qualified as a solicitor in 1867, and in 1882 became solicitor to the General Post Office. He devoted much of his time and energy to safeguarding the rights of the public in regard to open spaces and the preservation of rights of way, and was one of the principal promoters of the Commons Preservation Society founded in 1865. In 1868 he became its hon. solicitor, and successfully conducted suits for preserving Wimbledon and Wandsworth Commons and recovering a portion, wrongfully enclosed, of Epping Forest. Ashdown Forest, Hampstead Heath, Hindhead and the New Forest were also safeguarded by him. He was made K.C.B. in 1911, and died at Haslemere Nov. 6 1913, after a strenuous life of public service.