William Blunt

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William Blunt (1800–1889)[1] was a British civil servant in India.

Career[]

Like all civil servants until the introduction of Competitive examinations in the 1850s, Blunt had studied at Haileybury in Hertfordshire in 1846 with Highly Distinguished[2] distinction and stood at 7th position with 2nd class among students of Bengal.[3]

In 1797 he was appointed as Senior Member of the Board of Customs, Salt and Opium.[4][dubious – discuss]

In 1820 William Blunt became the Commissioner in Cuttack and Superintendent of Tributary Mahals. In 1829, George Stockwell succeeded Blunt as the Superintendent of Tributary Mahals.[5]

He married Eliza Jane (daughter of Lieutenant Colonel Goddard Richards) at Midnapore on 23 December 1821.[6]

He was Special Commissioner to David Scott (Agent to the Governor-General on the North-East Frontier) during the Burmese War of May 1828.[7]

From 11 November 1830 to 20 March 1835 he was Member of the council of the Governor General,.[8]

On 20 March 1835 he was posted as Governor of the Presidency of Agra where he served for over eight months till 1 December 1835.[9]

From December 1835 to April 1836 (possibly later) he was a judge of the Courts of Ṣadr Dīwānī ʿAdālat and Ṣadr Nizāmat ʿAdālat at the Bengal Presidency.[10]

In 1841 he was Officiating Member of the Board of Customs, Salt and Opium and the Marine Board at Loudon buildings in Calcutta (Now Kolkata).[11]

References[]

  1. ^ The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Miscellany By East India Company No. 281. 1835. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
  2. ^ The India Office and Burma Office list By Great Britain. India Office #xxvi. 1847. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
  3. ^ The India Office and Burma Office list By Great Britain. India Office #xxvii. 1847. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
  4. ^ The India Office and Burma Office list By Great Britain. India Office No. 4. 1847. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
  5. ^ British Raj in Tributary Mahals of Orissa
  6. ^ The Asiatic journal and monthly register for British and foreign India No. 195. 1822. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
  7. ^ "UK archives network: British Library, Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections: Miscellaneous (IOR/H/605 – IOR/H/864):The Burmese War 1823–1828. IOR/H/671 1827–1829". Nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
  8. ^ India Office, Great Britain (1819). The India List and India Office List By India Office, Great Britain. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
  9. ^ India Office, Great Britain (1819). The India list and India Office list for 1905 By Great Britain, India Office No. 130. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
  10. ^ Calcutta Monthly Journal and General Register: 1836 #2,14, 48. 1837. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
  11. ^ The Bengal and Agra Annual Guide and Gazetteer, for 1841 #. 1841. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
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20 March 1835 – 1 December 1835 		Succeeded by
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