Edmund Augustus Blundell
Male, Deceased Person
1804 – 1868
Who was Edmund Augustus Blundell?
Edmund Augustus Blundell 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, of which is 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.
Preceded by :Samuel George Bonham
Succeeded by :Orfeur Cavenagh
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