William Blunt

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

For other people named William Blunt, see William Blunt (disambiguation).

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]

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. Google Books. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
  2. The India Office and Burma Office list By Great Britain. India Office #xxvi. Google Books. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
  3. The India Office and Burma Office list By Great Britain. India Office #xxvii. Google Books. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
  4. The India Office and Burma Office list By Great Britain. India Office No. 4. Google Books. 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. Google Books. 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. The India List and India Office List By India Office, Great Britain. Google Books. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
  9. The India list and India Office list for 1905 By Great Britain, India Office No. 130. Google Books. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
  10. Calcutta Monthly Journal and General Register: 1836 #2,14, 48. Google Books. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
  11. The Bengal and Agra Annual Guide and Gazetteer, for 1841 #. Google Books. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
Government offices
Preceded by
Sir C. T. Metcalfe		 Governor of Agra
20 March 1835 – 1 December 1835		 Succeeded by
A. Ross
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