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

Edmund Augustus Blundell
6th Governor of the Straits Settlements
In office
21 March 1855 – 6 August 1859
MonarchQueen Victoria
Preceded byMajor General William John Butterworth
Succeeded byMajor General Sir William Orfeur Cavenagh
Resident Councillor of Penang
In office
1849–1855
Resident Councillor of Malacca
In office
1847–1849
Commissioner of Tenasserim
In office
1833–1843
Personal details
Born8 August 1804
Taunton, Somerset, England
Died12 October 1868(1868-10-12) (aged 64)
Harrogate, Yorkshire, England
SpouseMellor Mynors Farmer
Parents
  • William Blundell (father)
  • Mary Ann Horniblow (mother)
ProfessionColonial administrator

History

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Born 8 August 1804 in Taunton, Somerset, England, the son of William Blundell and Mary Ann Horniblow. He joined the East India Company as a writer in 1820 and was a British diplomat and Commissioner of Tenasserim from 1833 to 1843, Resident Councillor of Malacca from 1847 to 1849 and Resident Councillor of Penang from 1849 to 1855. He became Governor of the Straits Settlements (1855–1859),[1] which was administered by British India.

Whilst in Asia he had a Burmese mistress who he had 11 children with.[2] He gave them his name and sent them to be educated in Calcutta and England. He married Mellor Mynors Farmer on 22 January 1861 after he had returned to England.[3]

Blundell died in 1868 at Harrogate.

References

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  1. ^ "Past and Present Leaders of Singapore". Singapore Infopedia. Singapore National Library Board. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  2. ^ Corfield, Justin J. (2011). Historical Dictionary of Singapore (New ed.). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7387-2.
  3. ^ England and Wales Civil Registration Marriage Index 1837–1915 Year 1861 Registration quarter Jan Feb Mar, District Kensington, London, Volume 1a, page 102
Government offices
Preceded by Governor of the Straits Settlements
1855–1859
Succeeded by