Sir Edward Arthur Henry Blunt,
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(14 March 1877–29 May 1941), was a British civil servant in India during the
British Raj and a scholarly writer.
Early life
Blunt was born in
Curepipe, Mauritius
Curepipe () also known as ''La Ville-Lumière'' (The City of Light), is a town in Mauritius, located in the Plaines Wilhems District, the eastern part also lies in the Moka District. The town is administered by the Municipal Council of Curepi ...
on 14 March 1877, the son of Frances Theophilus Blunt,
who later became the colonial
Commissioner of the Seychelles. His younger brother was
Alfred Walter Frank Blunt,
an Anglican bishop. Blunt studied at
Marlborough College
Marlborough College is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school (English Independent school (United Kingdom), independent boarding school) for pupils aged 13 to 18 in Marlborough, Wiltshire, England. Founded in 1843 for the sons of Church ...
, and then at
Corpus Christi College, Oxford and
University College London. He passed at the top of the list for the
Indian Civil Service competitive examination after his fourth year at Oxford. He was one year at University College London, and proceeded to India to join the Indian Civil Service in 1901.
Career
Blunt was appointed to the
United Provinces, with his first service as Assistant Commissioner,
Lucknow, and afterwards at
Rae Bareli in the same capacity before officiating as Deputy Commissioner for a brief period. In 1904 he was transferred to
Benares as Joint Magistrate. In 1905 he joined the Secretariat, having been appointed Under-Secretary in the Judicial Department.
From 1910 to 1912 he served as Superintendent Census Operations for the
1911 Census of India and from 1918 to 1919 as Director of Civil Supplies in
Cawnpore. Then he was Financial Secretary to Government in the United Provinces for eleven years (1920–1931). From 1931 to 1935 he served as a Member of the Executive Council of the
Governor of the United Provinces,
before he stepped down due to poor health.
In the
1919 Birthday Honours
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he was made an
Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE), in the
1922 New Year Honours
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The recipients of honours are displayed here ...
a
Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire (CIE) and in
1934 Birthday Honours
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a
Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (KCIE).
Later life and Death
After Blunt's retirement, he returned to England, where he spent the last few years of his life in Fleet. Blunt died on 29 May 1941,
[England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995] and is buried in Fleet Cemetery.
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References
*''The Cyclopedia of India: biographical, historical, administrative, commercial, Volume 1<''. The Cyclopedia Publishing Co., 1907
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Indian Civil Service (British India) officers
1877 births
1941 deaths
Historians of India
British Mauritius people
People educated at Marlborough College
Alumni of Corpus Christi College, Oxford
British people in colonial India
Writers from British India