Edmund Augustus Blundell

6th Governor of the Straits Settlements
In office 21 March 1855 – 6 August 1859
Monarch	Queen Victoria
Preceded by	Major General William John Butterworth
Succeeded by	Major 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
Born	8 August 1804 Taunton, Somerset, England
Died	12 October 1868(1868-10-12) (aged 64) Harrogate, Yorkshire, England
Spouse	Mellor Mynors Farmer
Parents	William Blundell (father) Mary Ann Horniblow (mother)
Profession	Colonial administrator

Edmund Augustus Blundell (8 August 1804 – 12 October 1868) was a British colonial administrator.^[1]

History

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),^[2] which was administered by British India.

He was married to Mellor Mynors Farmer. In addition, he had a Burmese mistress who gave him 11 children.^[3] He gave them his name and sent them to be educated in Calcutta and England. Blundell died in 1868 at Harrogate.

While the above information regarding the marriage and Burmese mistress is recorded in the Historical Dictionary of Singapore, it is important to note that Edmund Augustus Blundell married Mellor Mynors Farmer on 22 January 1861 after he had returned to England. By this time his children were all of adult age and at least some were married. All of his children were born to his Burmese partner who was known as Louisa.

References

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

Government offices Preceded byWilliam John Butterworth Governor of the Straits Settlements 1855–1859 Succeeded byWilliam Orfeur Cavenagh

Governors of Singapore (1819–1959)
(with italics * for the Acting)
Resident of Singapore (1819–1826)	William Farquhar Dr. John Crawfurd
Governors of the Straits Settlements (under British India) (1826–1867)	Robert Fullerton Robert Ibbetson Kenneth Murchison Sir Samuel George Bonham William John Butterworth Edmund Augustus Blundell
Governors of the Straits Settlements (under Colonial Office) (1867–1942)	Sir Orfeur Cavenagh Sir Harry St. George Ord Sir Andrew Clarke Sir William Jervois Sir Archibald Edward Harbord Anson * Sir William Cleaver Francis Robinson Sir Archibald Edward Harbord Anson * Sir Frederick Aloysius Weld Sir Cecil Clementi Smith William Edward Maxwell * Sir Charles Bullen Hugh Mitchell Sir James Alexander Swettenham * Sir Frank Athelstane Swettenham Sir John Anderson Sir Arthur Henderson Young Sir Laurence Nunns Guillemard Sir Hugh Charles Clifford Sir John Scott * Sir Cecil Clementi Sir Andrew Caldecott * Sir Thomas Shenton Whitelegge Thomas
Japanese Mayor of Syonan (1942–1945)	Shigeo Odate Kanichi Naito
British Military Administration of the Straits Settlements (1945–1946)	Lord Louis Mountbatten Sir Thomas Shenton Whitelegge Thomas
Governors of the Crown Colony of Singapore (1946–1959)	Sir Franklin Charles Gimson Wilfred Lawson Blythe * Sir John Fearns Nicoll William Allmond Codrington Goode * Sir Robert Brown Black Sir William Allmond Codrington Goode