William Blunt
William Blunt[1] was a British civil servant in India.
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 Board of Customs, Salt and Opium.[4]
In 1820 William Blunt became the Commissioner in Cuttack and the Superintendent of Tributary Mahals. In 1829, George Stockwell succeeded Blunt as the Superintendent of Tributary Mahals.[5]
He married Eliza Jane(daughter of Lieut. 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]
During December 1835 to April 1836(at least) 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 Board of Customs, Salt and Opium and Marine Board at Loudon buildings in Calcutta (Now Kolkata).[11]
References
- ↑ The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Miscellany By East India Company No. 281. Google Books. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
- ↑ The India Office and Burma Office list By Great Britain. India Office #xxvi. Google Books. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
- ↑ The India Office and Burma Office list By Great Britain. India Office #xxvii. Google Books. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
- ↑ The India Office and Burma Office list By Great Britain. India Office No. 4. Google Books. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
- ↑ British Raj in Tributary Mahals of Orissa
- ↑ The Asiatic journal and monthly register for British and foreign India No. 195. Google Books. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ The India List and India Office List By India Office, Great Britain. Google Books. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
- ↑ The India list and India Office list for 1905 By Great Britain, India Office No. 130. Google Books. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
- ↑ Calcutta Monthly Journal and General Register: 1836 #2,14, 48. Google Books. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
- ↑ The Bengal and Agra Annual Guide and Gazetteer, for 1841 #. Google Books. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
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Governor of Agra 20 March 1835 – 1 December 1835 |
Succeeded by A. Ross |