Some info re Maria HUNT who married Felix CARTER in 1863, when her father is given as Frederick Knight HUNT, deceased.
We'll start with Frederick Knight HUNT (the second forename makes him much easier to find - hope he's the only one with that name, but the dates seem to fit with what we know)
Marriage
St James, Paddington. 14 July 1835
Frederick Knight HUNT, bachelor, OTP,
Maria MERES, spinster, OTP
Witnesses: F D? Lewis, Wm Hogg
1851 at 9 Bouverie St, Whitefriars
Frederick K Hunt 36, b Horton, Bucks, surgeon and sub-editor Daily News
Maria Hunt 36, b Rockingham, Northants
Frederic E Hunt 10, b Highgate, Middlesex
Amy Smith 20, servant, b Ipswich
There is an entry for him in the
Dictionary of National Biography (UK) which gives lots of info.
http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/metabook?id=dnbBaptism for
Maria MEARES, 2 January 1814 at Rockingham. Parents: Samuel (farmer) and Ann
Judith