| 词条 | William Blunt |
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William Blunt (1800–1889)[1] was a British civil servant in India. CareerLike 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|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.[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] References1. ^{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1RAoAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA281&dq=%22William+Blunt%22+Members+of+the+Council&ei=qSE7SsPFIZWikASyzY26BQ&client=firefox-a |title=The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Miscellany By East India Company No. 281 |publisher=Google Books |accessdate=30 April 2012}} 2. ^{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8MsyAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA4&dq=%22William+Blunt%22+Commissioner+of+Cuttack&lr=&ei=cCs7Sq60NIbikwTIlJG6BQ&client=firefox-a |title=The India Office and Burma Office list By Great Britain. India Office #xxvi |publisher=Google Books |accessdate=30 April 2012}} 3. ^{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8MsyAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA4&dq=%22William+Blunt%22+Commissioner+of+Cuttack&lr=&ei=cCs7Sq60NIbikwTIlJG6BQ&client=firefox-a |title=The India Office and Burma Office list By Great Britain. India Office #xxvii |publisher=Google Books |accessdate=30 April 2012}} 4. ^{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8MsyAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA4&dq=%22William+Blunt%22+Commissioner+of+Cuttack&lr=&ei=cCs7Sq60NIbikwTIlJG6BQ&client=firefox-a |title=The India Office and Burma Office list By Great Britain. India Office No. 4 |publisher=Google Books |accessdate=30 April 2012}} 5. ^British Raj in Tributary Mahals of Orissa 6. ^{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9iYYAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA195&dq=%22William+Blunt%22+Commissioner+of+Cuttack&lr=&ei=vTQ7SrPkGITOlQS4wpG6BQ&client=firefox-a |title=The Asiatic journal and monthly register for British and foreign India No. 195 |publisher=Google Books |accessdate=30 April 2012}} 7. ^{{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 |accessdate=30 April 2012}} 8. ^{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA118&dq=%22William+Blunt%22+Members+of+the+Council&lr=&ei=2yE7SoSrCYvQkwTzh5G6BQ&client=firefox-a |title=The India List and India Office List By India Office, Great Britain |publisher=Google Books |accessdate=30 April 2012}} 9. ^{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA118&dq=%22William+Blunt%22+Members+of+the+Council&lr=&ei=2yE7SoSrCYvQkwTzh5G6BQ&client=firefox-a |title=The India list and India Office list for 1905 By Great Britain, India Office No. 130 |publisher=Google Books |accessdate=30 April 2012}} 10. ^{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=px0YAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA5-PA14&dq=%22William+Blunt%22+Commissioner+of+Cuttack&lr=&ei=ty87SoHuApqGkASJ14y6BQ&client=firefox-a |title=Calcutta Monthly Journal and General Register: 1836 #2,14, 48 |publisher=Google Books |accessdate=30 April 2012}} 11. ^{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6iQoAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA25&dq=%22William+Blunt%22+Members+of+the+Council&ei=qSE7SsPFIZWikASyzY26BQ&client=firefox-a |title=The Bengal and Agra Annual Guide and Gazetteer, for 1841 # |publisher=Google Books |accessdate=30 April 2012}}
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