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 Dictionary of Indian Biography A to C

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Date transcribed2011-01-01
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentNote 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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