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	'''William Blunt''' (1800–1889)<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1RAoAAAAYAAJ&q=%22William+Blunt%22+Members+of+the+Council&pg=RA1-PA281 \|title=The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Miscellany By East India Company No. 281 \|year=1835 \|access-date=30 April 2012}}</ref> was a British civil servant in [[India]].		'''William Blunt''' (1800–1889)<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1RAoAAAAYAAJ&q=%22William+Blunt%22+Members+of+the+Council&pg=RA1-PA281 \|title=The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Miscellany By East India Company No. 281 \|year=1835 \|access-date=30 April 2012}}</ref> was a British civil servant in [[India]].

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	He was Special Commissioner to [[David Scott]] (Agent to the Governor-General on the North-East Frontier) during the [[Burmese War]] of May 1828.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/A2A/records.aspx?cat=059-iorh_3&cid=-1&Gsm=2008-06-18#-1 \|title=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 \|publisher=Nationalarchives.gov.uk \|access-date=30 April 2012}}</ref>		He was Special Commissioner to [[David Scott]] (Agent to the Governor-General on the North-East Frontier) during the [[Burmese War]] of May 1828.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/A2A/records.aspx?cat=059-iorh_3&cid=-1&Gsm=2008-06-18#-1 \|title=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 \|publisher=Nationalarchives.gov.uk \|access-date=30 April 2012}}</ref>

	From 11 November 1830 to 20 March 1835 he was Member of the council of the Governor General,.<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&q=%22William+Blunt%22+Members+of+the+Council&pg=RA1-PA118 \|title=The India List and India Office List By India Office, Great Britain \|access-date=30 April 2012\|last1=India Office \|first1=Great Britain \|year=1819 }}</ref>		From 11 November 1830 to 20 March 1835 he was Member of the council of the Governor General,.<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&q=%22William+Blunt%22+Members+of+the+Council&pg=RA1-PA118 \|title=The India List and India Office List By India Office, Great Britain \|access-date=30 April 2012\|last1=India Office \|first1=Great Britain \|year=1819 }}</ref>

	On 20 March 1835 he was posted as [[List of Governors of Agra\|Governor]] of the [[Presidency of Agra]] where he served for over eight months ~~till~~ 1 December 1835.<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&q=%22William+Blunt%22+Members+of+the+Council&pg=RA1-PA118 \|title=The India list and India Office list for 1905 By Great Britain, India Office No. 130 \|access-date=30 April 2012\|last1=India Office \|first1=Great Britain \|year=1819 }}</ref>		On 20 March 1835 he was posted as [[List of Governors of Agra\|Governor]] of the [[Presidency of Agra]] where he served for over eight months until 1 December 1835.<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&q=%22William+Blunt%22+Members+of+the+Council&pg=RA1-PA118 \|title=The India list and India Office list for 1905 By Great Britain, India Office No. 130 \|access-date=30 April 2012\|last1=India Office \|first1=Great Britain \|year=1819 }}</ref>

	From December 1835 to April 1836 (possibly later) he was a judge of the Courts of [[Sadr Diwani Adalat\|Ṣadr Dīwānī ʿAdālat]] and [[Sadr Nizamat Adalat\|Ṣadr Nizāmat ʿAdālat]] at the [[Bengal Presidency]].<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=px0YAAAAYAAJ&q=%22William+Blunt%22+Commissioner+of+Cuttack&pg=RA5-PA14 \|title=Calcutta Monthly Journal and General Register: 1836 #2,14, 48 \|year=1837 \|access-date=30 April 2012}}</ref>		From December 1835 to April 1836 (possibly later) he was a judge of the Courts of [[Sadr Diwani Adalat\|Ṣadr Dīwānī ʿAdālat]] and [[Sadr Nizamat Adalat\|Ṣadr Nizāmat ʿAdālat]] at the [[Bengal Presidency]].<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=px0YAAAAYAAJ&q=%22William+Blunt%22+Commissioner+of+Cuttack&pg=RA5-PA14 \|title=Calcutta Monthly Journal and General Register: 1836 #2,14, 48 \|year=1837 \|access-date=30 April 2012}}</ref>
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	== References ==		== References ==
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	*[https://archive.org/details/acomprehensiveh05bevegoog/page/n282 <!-- quote="William Blunt" Members of the Council. --> Read this book A comprehensive history of India, civil, military and social By Henry Beveridge #246]		*[https://archive.org/details/acomprehensiveh05bevegoog/page/n282 <!-- quote="William Blunt" Members of the Council. --> Read this book A comprehensive history of India, civil, military and social By Henry Beveridge #246]

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{{short description|British civil servant in India}}
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'''William Blunt''' (1800–1889)<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1RAoAAAAYAAJ&q=%22William+Blunt%22+Members+of+the+Council&pg=RA1-PA281 |title=The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Miscellany By East India Company No. 281 |year=1835 |access-date=30 April 2012}}</ref> 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 [[East India Company College|Haileybury]] in [[Hertfordshire]] in 1846 with ''Highly Distinguished''<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8MsyAAAAMAAJ&q=%22William+Blunt%22+Commissioner+of+Cuttack&pg=PA4 |title=The India Office and Burma Office list By Great Britain. India Office #xxvi |year=1847 |access-date=30 April 2012}}</ref> distinction and stood at 7th position with 2nd class among students of [[Bengal]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8MsyAAAAMAAJ&q=%22William+Blunt%22+Commissioner+of+Cuttack&pg=PA4 |title=The India Office and Burma Office list By Great Britain. India Office #xxvii |year=1847 |access-date=30 April 2012}}</ref>

In 1797 he was appointed as Senior Member of the Board of Customs, Salt and Opium.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8MsyAAAAMAAJ&q=%22William+Blunt%22+Commissioner+of+Cuttack&pg=PA4 |title=The India Office and Burma Office list By Great Britain. India Office No. 4 |year=1847 |access-date=30 April 2012}}</ref>{{dubious|This was three years before he was born|date=November 2015}}

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.<ref>[http://orissagov.nic.in/e-magazine/Orissareview/2008/jan-2008/engpdf/29-31.pdf British Raj in Tributary Mahals of Orissa]</ref>

He married Eliza Jane (daughter of Lieutenant Colonel Goddard Richards) at [[Midnapore]] on 23 December 1821.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9iYYAAAAYAAJ&q=%22William+Blunt%22+Commissioner+of+Cuttack&pg=PA195 |title=The Asiatic journal and monthly register for British and foreign India No. 195 |year=1822 |access-date=30 April 2012}}</ref>

He was Special Commissioner to [[David Scott]] (Agent to the Governor-General on the North-East Frontier) during the [[Burmese War]] of May 1828.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/A2A/records.aspx?cat=059-iorh_3&cid=-1&Gsm=2008-06-18#-1 |title=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 |publisher=Nationalarchives.gov.uk |access-date=30 April 2012}}</ref>

From 11 November 1830 to 20 March 1835 he was Member of the council of the Governor General,.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&q=%22William+Blunt%22+Members+of+the+Council&pg=RA1-PA118 |title=The India List and India Office List By India Office, Great Britain |access-date=30 April 2012|last1=India Office |first1=Great Britain |year=1819 }}</ref>

On 20 March 1835 he was posted as [[List of Governors of Agra|Governor]] of the [[Presidency of Agra]] where he served for over eight months till 1 December 1835.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&q=%22William+Blunt%22+Members+of+the+Council&pg=RA1-PA118 |title=The India list and India Office list for 1905 By Great Britain, India Office No. 130 |access-date=30 April 2012|last1=India Office |first1=Great Britain |year=1819 }}</ref>

From December 1835 to April 1836 (possibly later) he was a judge of the Courts of [[Sadr Diwani Adalat|Ṣadr Dīwānī ʿAdālat]] and [[Sadr Nizamat Adalat|Ṣadr Nizāmat ʿAdālat]] at the [[Bengal Presidency]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=px0YAAAAYAAJ&q=%22William+Blunt%22+Commissioner+of+Cuttack&pg=RA5-PA14 |title=Calcutta Monthly Journal and General Register: 1836 #2,14, 48 |year=1837 |access-date=30 April 2012}}</ref>

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]]).<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6iQoAAAAYAAJ&q=%22William+Blunt%22+Members+of+the+Council&pg=RA1-PA25 |title=The Bengal and Agra Annual Guide and Gazetteer, for 1841 # |year=1841 |access-date=30 April 2012}}</ref>

== References ==
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*[https://archive.org/details/acomprehensiveh05bevegoog/page/n282  Read this book A comprehensive history of India, civil, military and social By Henry Beveridge #246]

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