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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 | 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 | 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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*[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] | ||
Latest revision as of 08:35, 30 June 2022
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William Blunt (1800–1889)[1] was a British civil servant in India.
Career[edit | edit source]
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 ]
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 until 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[edit | edit source]
- ↑ The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Miscellany By East India Company No. 281. 1835. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
- ↑ The India Office and Burma Office list By Great Britain. India Office #xxvi. 1847. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
- ↑ The India Office and Burma Office list By Great Britain. India Office #xxvii. 1847. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
- ↑ The India Office and Burma Office list By Great Britain. India Office No. 4. 1847. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
- ↑ British Raj in Tributary Mahals of Orissa
- ↑ The Asiatic journal and monthly register for British and foreign India No. 195. 1822. 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.
- ↑ India Office, Great Britain (1819). The India List and India Office List By India Office, Great Britain. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Calcutta Monthly Journal and General Register: 1836 #2,14, 48. 1837. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
- ↑ The Bengal and Agra Annual Guide and Gazetteer, for 1841 #. 1841. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
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| Preceded by Sir C. T. Metcalfe |
Governor of Agra 20 March 1835 – 1 December 1835 |
Succeeded by A. Ross |