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Dictionary of Indian Biography A to C
Date transcribed | 2011-01-01 | Transcribed by | Peter Bailey | Comment | Note that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work. |
| Surname | Blunt | | First Name(s) | Sir Charles William | | Titles | Baronet | | Year of Birth | 1731 | | Year of Death | 1802 | | Entry | Of Cleery, Hants : born 1731 : son of Sir Henry Blunt, second Baronet, whom he succeeded in 1759 : lived in Great Ormonde St. till about 1767 : at Odiham, Hants, till about 1775 : at Blunt House, Croydon, to about 1780 : went out as a writer in the E. I. Co.'s service to India, 20 years before his death : obtained a lucrative appointment in the bullock contract, besides a share in the Postoffice : formed honourable and advantageous connexions : died Sep, 27, 1802, at Pulta, near Calcutta, leaving £100,000, three-fourths of it to his eldest son, C. R. Blunt, fourth Baronet (born 1778 : M.P. for Lewes, 1832) : his portrait by Barclay is in the possession of his grandson, the present Baronet : letters from him are among the Hastings papers in the British Museum : one of his daughters married Sir C. Imhoff, stepson of Warren Hastings : he built a mausoleum for the sepulture of his race-horses, which was still to be seen in India about 1845 : many pictures of his horses are preserved. |
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A List of eminent persons who served in British India, together with short biographical notes of each
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