INDIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, 1915.
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1908. Address: 861 Park Avenue, Baltimore, U.S.A. Club: University.
Blundell, Colonel John Eyles, C.B. retired; Taunton; b. 1843; 4th s. of late Major G. S. Blundell, Bengal Army; Educ.: Sherborne School; Royal Military Coll. Sandhurst; Joined 67th Regiment, 1863; served with 67th Regiment during the Taiping rebellion in China. 1863; D.A.A.General, Madras, 1876-79; served with 67th Regiment in Afghan campaign, 1879-80; A.A.General, Madras and Burmah, 1882-87; Burmah campaign, 1885 87: commanded Touhon Expedition, Upper Burmah, 1889-90; commanded 2nd Hampshire Regiment, 1892-96. Decorated for war services. Queen’s Jubilee, 1897. Address: Cox & Co., 16 Charing Cross, S.W. Club: Army and Navy.
Blundell, Major-Gen. Richard; b. 1835; Entered army, 1856; Major-General, 1889: retired, 1897; Lieut.-Col. commanding 3rd Hussars, 1874-83; A.A.G. Headquarters, 1889-85; D.A.G, Malta, 1886-89; commanding First Class District, Bombay, 1891-96. Address: 12 Lennox Gardens, S.W. Club: Army and Navy.
Blunt, Major Charles Tasper, A.C.D.; Ordnance Officer, 3rd Class, Burscougli, b. King William’s Town, S. Africa; e.s. of Col. F. C. Blunt, late A.S. Corps of Ryde, I.W., and g.-s. of Samuel Tasper Blunt of the Colonial Office; widower. Educ: Dr. Thompson’s School, Jersey; R.M. Academy, Woolwich. Entred Royal Artillery, 1885; served in India, 1885-95; Captain, 1896; Major 1904; Ordnance Officer, 3rd class, 1904; Transferred to A.O. Department, 1905; Officer in Charge of Danger Buildings, Royal Arsenal, Woolwhich, 1898-1901; served througout Chitral Campaign, 1895, with relief force under Sir Robert Low Chief Ordnance Officer, Guernsey, 1901-1904. Publications: Chitral, Mohmad, and Tirah Campaigns, for Times; Encyclopaedia Brittanica. Recreations; Out-door games, photography. Address: Burscough, Lancs; Club: Sports.
Blunt, Colonel Ernest, C.C. 1907: b. 1851; s. of late Rev. H. Blunt, M.A.; m. 1884: Mana, d. of Col. Co-ape Smith, Indian, Army; one d. Educ: Brighton College; Entired Army, 1872: Captain 1884; Major 1891; Lt.-Col. 1898; Col. 1903; served Afghan War, 1878-79; Mahsud Waziri, 1880, N.W. Frontier 1897-98; served nine years with Bengal Sappers and Miners; seventeen years in military works service; Chief Engineer, Eastern Command, till its abolition; retired, 1908. Club: United Service.
Blunt, Wilfrid Scawen; b. Petworth House, 17 Aug. 1840; s. of F. S. Blunt, of Crabbet Park; m. Lady Anne Noel, d. of 1st Earl of Lovelace, 1869. Educ: Stonyhurst; Oscott. Diplomatic Service, 1858-70; travelled in India, Arabia, Syria, Persia, Mesopotomia, etc. 1877-81; took part in Egyptian National Movement, 1881-82; travelled in India, 1883-84 when Lord Ripon was Viceroy in India; stood for Camberwell, Tory Home Ruler, 1885; Kidderminister, Liberal Home Ruler, 1886; arrested in Ireland for calling meeting in a proclaimed district, Oct. 1887; imprisoned two months in Galway and Kilmainham Gaols, 1888. Publications: Love Sonnets of Proteus, 1880; Future of Islam. 1882; The Wind and the Whirlwind, 1883 Ideas about India, 1885: In Vin-