COLONEL FREDERICK MERCER HUNTER CB CSI
Born in 1844 - Died in 1898

He hailed from Fife in Scotland. He had as far as I know at least three children:
1 Gerald.
2 Lilian Augusta Alice Henrietta, born 21st September 1872, died in 1903. She married Lieutenant-Colonel Harold Fenton Jacob.
3 Douglas.
He joined the Indian Army and subsequently moved into the political department of the same. In the period 1884 - 20th July 1887 he was political agent in Somaliland then administered by the British out of Aden. On 11th December 1884, a Major at the time, he signed the Gadabursi Treaty with the Warsangali in Somalia. He was Governor of Somalia in 1887 - 1888. He was also acting resident at Aden in 1885.