Edmund Augustus Blundell (8 August 1804 – 12 October 1868) was a British Colonial administrator.

History

Born 8 August 1804 in Taunton, Somerset, England, the son of William Blundell & Mary Ann Horniblow. He joined

East India Company The East India Company (EIC) was an English, and later British, joint-stock company founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874. It was formed to trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with the East Indies (the Indian subcontinent and South ...

as a writer in 1820 and was a British diplomat and Commissioner of Tenasserim 1833–1843, Resident Councillor of Malacca from 1847 to 1849 and Resident Councillor of Penang from 1849 to 1855. He became Governor of Straits Settlements (1855 - 1859), which was administered by British India. He was married to Mellor Mynors Farmer. In addition, he had a Burmese

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who gave him 11 children. He gave them his name and sent them to be educated in

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and England. Blundell died in 1868 at

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. While the above information regarding the marriage and Burmese mistress is recorded in the Historical dictionary of Singapore it is important to note that Edmund Augustus Blundell married Mellor Mynors Farmer on 22 January 1861 after he had returned to England. By this time his children were all of adult age and at least some were married. All of his children were born to his Burmese partner who was known as Louisa.

References

1804 births 1868 deaths British diplomats Administrators in British Malaya Governors of the Straits Settlements Administrators in British Singapore People from Taunton {{UK-diplomat-stub