The son of John Hunt and nephew of Leigh Hunt; after working at the Examiner he was a London publisher in partnership with Charles Cowden Clarke from 1825 to 1829 when the firm went bankrupt.

CORRESPONDENCE OF Henry Leigh Hunt:

Sydney Smith to Messrs. Hunt and Clarke, [30 June 1827] in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855)

Sydney Smith to Lady Holland, 6 November 1827 in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855)