William Blunt

William Blunt (1800–1889) as a British civil servant in India. Like all other civil servants until the introduction of competitive examinations in the 1850s, Blunt had studied at Haileybury in Hertfordshire in 1846 with Highly Distinguished distinction and stood at 7th position with 2nd class among students of Bengal. In 1797, he was appointed as Senior Member of the Board of Customs, Salt and Opium. In 1820, Blunt became the Commissioner in Cuttack and Superintendent of Tributary Mahals. In 1829, George Stockwell succeeded Blunt as the Superintendent of Tributary Mahals.