HUNTER, SIR ROBERT (1844-1913), English lawyer and philanthropist, was born on Oct. 27, 1844. In 1882 he became solicitor to the General Post Office. He devoted much of his time 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 suc cessfully conducted suits for preserving Wimbledon and Wands worth Commons and for recovering a portion, wrongfully en closed, of Epping Forest. Ashdown Forest, Hampstead Heath, Hindhead and the New Forest were safeguarded by him. He was made K.C.B. in 1911, and died at Haslemere on Nov. 6, 1913.