Edmund Augustus Blundell, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetEdmund Augustus Blundell
British diplomat
Date of Birth: 08-Aug-1804
Place of Birth: Taunton, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 12-Oct-1868
Profession: diplomat
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Edmund Augustus Blundell
- Edmund Augustus Blundell (8 August 1804 – 12 October 1868) joined East India Company as a writer in 1820 and was a British diplomat and Commissioner of Tenasserim 1833–1843, Resident Councillor of Malacca from 1847 to 1849 and Resident Councillor of Penang from 1849 to 1855.
- He became Governor of Straits Settlements (1855 - 1859), which was administered by British India.
- He was born 8 August 1804 in Taunton, Somerset, England, the son of William Blundell & Mary Ann Horniblow.
- He was married to Mellor Mynors Farmer.
- In addition, he had a Burmese mistress who gave him 11 children.
- He gave them his name and sent them to be educated in Calcutta and England.
- Blundell died in 1868 at Harrogate.
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