Walter Hunt’s diary

Along with the Woodgate albums came a diary for 1885. It turned out to be the diary of Alice’s husband, Walter Hunt.

Walter was a Justice of the Peace for North Norfolk and also a member of the Board of Guardians of the Docking Union that ran the Docking workhouse.

1885 saw several events in the life of the Hunt family including

  • The birth of their seventh son, Francis Whittaker
  • The death of Walter’s nephew, James Edward Hunt
  • The 1885 general election in which Walter is involved with the local Conservative party
  • Attending two balls at Sandringham House