Blunt, John Elijah, 1796 or 1797-1856

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Epithet: Vice-Consul at A drianople

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Sir John Elijah Blunt, 1832-1916 was a distinguished British consul of the late nineteenth century, with numerous family ties to the consular service. He was the son of Charles Blunt, HM Consul at Smyrna, and of Caroline Vitalis, daughter of HM Consul at Brussa. After education privately and at Kensington Grammar School, Sir John first came to prominence as chief interpreter and aide-de-campe to Lord Lucan during the Crimean War, being present at the battles of Alma, Balaclava and Inkerman. Having held various consular appointments in Uskub, Adrianople, Belgrade and Bitholia, he was appointed HM Consul-General for Salonica, 1879-1899, and HM Consul (with the rank of Consul General) at Boston, 1899-1902. He was created Companion of the Bath in 1878 and knighted in 1902, the year of his retirement to Malta, after more than half a century of consular activity.

Reference: The University of Birmingham, Research Libraries Bulletin (Number 2, Autumn 1994).

From the guide to the Papers of Sir John Elijah Blunt, 1852-1901, (University of Birmingham Information Services, Special Collections Department)

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referencedIn Vol. XIX. (ff. 513). Undated. A-L.includes:f. 1 Charles Abbot, 2nd Baron Colchester: Letter to C. Babbage: n.d. f. 3 Arthur Adams, zoologist: Letter to Sir E. Belcher.: n.d. f. 4 Richarda Airy, wife of Sir G B Airy: Letter to C. Babbage: n. d. f. ..., 19th century British Library
referencedIn Vol. LXXXII (ff. 343). Apr., May, 1877.includes:f. 2 Felix Vejarano y Bulnes, Conde de Nava de Tajo; Spanish politician: Letters to Sir A. H. Layard: 1873, 1877. f. 4 General Caleb Cushing, USA Minister to Spain: Letters to Sir A. H. Layard: 1875-18... British Library
referencedIn Vol. XIII. (ff. 659). June, 1847-Dec. 1851. British Library
referencedIn Vol. CII (ff. 319). 1 Mar. -15 Apr. 1880.includes:ff. 1, 28, 110, 114 George Jackson Eldridge, CMG, Consul-General in Syria: Letters to Sir A. H. Layard: 1864-1883. ff. 7, 128 Philip Henry Wodehouse Currie, Baron Currie; diplomatist: Letters to Sir ... British Library
referencedIn Vol. XCI (ff. 340). July, Aug. 1878.includes:f. 1 Emily Anne Smythe, wife of Percy, 8th Viscount Strangford: Letters to Sir A. H. Layard: 1877-1880. f. 3 Major-General Sir Arnold Burrowes Kemball, KCSI: Correspondence with Sir A. H. Layard: 1849-188... British Library
referencedIn Vol. XCVII (ff. 296). 21 June-July, 1879.includes:ff. 1, 180 William George Abbott, Consul at Tabriz: Letters to Sir A. H. Layard: 1877-1882. ff. 3, 171 Hugo Marinich, dragoman to the British Embassy, Constantinople: Correspondence with Sir A. H. L... British Library
referencedIn LAYARD PAPERS. Vols. CCXIV-CCXXVI. Confidential print relating to Turkey, and consisting chiefly of Sir A. H. Layard's official correspondence from Constantinople with the Foreign Secretary, inclosing consular correspondence and similar matter ; 21 A... British Library
referencedIn Vol. XC (ff. 407). May, June, 1878.includes:ff. 1, 44, 99, 174, 318, 379 Sir George Hugh Wyndham, KCMG; diplomatist: Letters to Sir A. H. Layard: 1877, 1878. ff. 3, 130, 248 General Sir Collingwood Dickson, GCB: Letters to Sir A. H. Layard: 1848-188... British Library
referencedIn Vol. C (ff. 346). Dec. 1879 15 Jan. 1880.includes:f. 1 Samuel Birch, Keeper of Oriental Antiquities, British Museum: Correspondence with Sir. A. H. Layard: 1848, 1885. f. 3 Sir Robert Peel, 3rd Baronet: Letter to Sir A. H. Layard: 1879. ff. 5, 54 S... British Library
creatorOf Papers of Sir John Elijah Blunt, 1852-1901 University of Birmingham Information Services, Special Collections Department
referencedIn Vol. LXXXIV (ff. 343). 21 July-Aug. 1877.includes:ff. 1, 20, 71 Commander Edmund Charles Drummond, Admiral 1903: Letters to Sir A. H. Layard: 1877. ff. 3, 47, 122, 212, 254 Vice-Admiral Geoffrey Thomas Phipps Hornby, Admiral 1879; GCB 1885: Letters ... British Library
referencedIn Vol. CLXXX (ff. 309). May, June, 1864,includes:ff. 1, 223, 266 William Perry, Consul-General Venice; Knight 1872: Letters to Sir A. H. Layard: 1861-1866. f. 3 George John Robert Gordon, Minister at Stuttgart: Correspondence with Sir A. H. Layard: 18... British Library
referencedIn Vol. LXXXV (ff. 289). Sept.-10 Oct. 1877.includes:ff. 1, 15, 31, 59, 79, 116, 132 Sir John Elijah Blunt, Vice-Consul at A drianople: Letters to Sir A. H. Layard: 1864-1886. ff. 3, 152, 193, 248, 264, 272 b, 280 Colonel Wilbraham Oates Lennox, KCB 1... British Library
referencedIn Vol. XCVI (ff. 327). May-20 June, 1879.includes:ff. 1, 57, 142, 236 George Jackson Eldridge, CMG, Consul-General in Syria: Letters to Sir A. H. Layard: 1864-1883. ff. 5, 19, 93, 124, 166, 212, 266, 320 Richard Bickerton Pemell Lyons, 2nd Baron Lyons... British Library
referencedIn Vol. XCVIII (ff. 283). Aug., Sept. 1879.includes:ff. 1, 3, 25, 35 Hugues Marie Henri Fournier, French diplomatist: Letters to, Sir A. H. Layard: 1878-1880.: Fr. ff. 7, 74, 116, 155, 201, 203, 266 Thomas Michell, CB, attaché at St. Petersburg, afterw... British Library
referencedIn Vol. LXVI (ff. 407). Jan.-Sept. 1869.George Edmund Street, RA; architect: Letters to Sir A. H. Layard: 1868, 1869.includes:ff. 1, 3, 15, 200, 299, 321 Robert Lowe, Viscount Sherbrooke: Correspondence with Sir A. H. Layard: 1869. ff. 1-382 passim Lo... British Library
referencedIn Vol. LXXXIX (ff. 302). 12 Mar.-Apr. 1878.includes:ff. 1, 39 , 96, 167, 249 Sir George Hugh Wyndham, KCMG; diplomatist: Letters to Sir A. H. Layard: 1877, 1878. ff. 3, 47, 160 Emily Anne Smythe, wife of Percy, 8th Viscount Strangford: Letters to Sir ... British Library
referencedIn Vol. LXXXVII (ff. 399). Dec. 1877 -19 Jan. 1878.includes:ff. 1, 36, 132, 255, 304, 360 Sir William Kirby Mackenzie Green, KCMG: Letters to Sir A. H. Layard: 1877-1880. ff. 3, 47, 202, 349 Hormuzd Rassam, Assyriologist: Correspondence with Sir A -H... British Library
referencedIn Vol. XCII (ff. 363). Sept., Oct. 1878.includes:ff. 1, 357 Rustem, Pasha: Correspondence with Sir A. H. Layard: 1877-1883.: Fr. and Engl. ff. 4,53,174,273 Hormuzd Rassam, Assyriologist: Correspondence with Sir A -H. Layard: 1846-1894. ff. 11, 91, 1... British Library
referencedIn Vol. CI (ff. 3O5). 16 Jan. -29 Feb. 1880.includes:f. 1 Sir John Hay Drummond-Hay, GCMG; diplomatist: Correspondence with Sir A. H. Layard: 1864-1881. f. 5 Henry Richard Charles Wellesley, 1st Earl Cowley: Correspondence with Sir A. H. Layard: 1846-1... British Library
referencedIn Vol. LXVII (ff. 462). Oct. 1869-May, 1870.includes:ff. 1, 138, 208, 244, 296, 381, 391, 399, 439 Sir Henry Cola, KCB: Letters to Sir A. H. Layard: 1864-1875. ff. 3, 33, 216 Hormuzd Rassam, Assyriologist: Correspondence with Sir A -H. Layard: 1846-... British Library
referencedIn Vol. LXX (ff. 417). Dec. 1871-May, 1872.includes:f. 1 Cerro del Pinar, Vizconde del: Letters to Sir A. H. Layard: 1871, 1873.: Span. f. 3 Francis Cranmer Penrose, FRS; writer on classical architecture: Letters to Sir A. H. Layard: 1870, 1871. ff. ... British Library
referencedIn Vol. LXXI (ff. 408). June-Dec. 1872.includes:ff. 1-407 passim General Sir William Fenwick Williams, Baronet 1856 GCB 1871: Letters to Sir A. H. Layard: 1845-1878. ff. 5, 80, 110 George Thorne Ricketts, of the Consular service: Correspondence with S... British Library
referencedIn Vol. XCIII (ff. 309). Nov.-5 Dec. 1878.includes:ff. 1, 308 Major Henry Trotter, Consul al Erzerum; KCMG 1906: Correspondence with Sir A. H. Layard: 1878-1880. f. 5 Augustus Charles Hobart -Hampden, called 'Hobart Pasha', Vice-Admiral 1885: Letters... British Library
referencedIn Vol. LXXXVIII (ff. 344). 20 Jan.-11 Mar. 1878.includes:ff. 1, 3, 41 Kalergi, of the Greek Legation, Constantinople: Letters to Sir A. H. Layard: 1877, 1878.: Fr. ff. 8, 101, 215, 217, 251, 334 Sir William Kirby Mackenzie Green, KCMG: Letters to Sir ... British Library
referencedIn Vol. CLXXXVIII (ff. 480). Jan., Feb. 1866.includes:ff. 1, 84, 313 Odo William Leopold Russell, 1st Baron Ampthill: Correspondence with Sir A. H. Layard: 1861-1880. ff. 5, 25, 37, 46, 71, 138, 303. 379, 413, 455 Henry Richard Charles Wellesley, 1st E... British Library
referencedIn LAYARD PAPERS. Vol. CC. Letter-book of "private" or semi-official correspondence of Sir A. H. Layard while Ambassador at Constantinople; 30 Apr. 1877-29 Nov. 1878. Folio. ff. 211.includes:ff. 3 b-205 b passim Sir Austen Henry Layard, GCB; diplomatist... British Library
referencedIn Vol. LXIV (ff. 434). Apr -Dec. 1867.General Hon Charles Grey, private Secretary to Prince Albert and to Queen Victoria: Correspondence with Sir A. H. Layard: 1864-1869.London, England: Correspondence rel. to erection of the Albert Memorial: 1866-1869... British Library
referencedIn Vol. CVII (ff. 244). Oct. 1883-Nov. 1884.includes:ff. 1, 229 Louisa Canning, daughter of Lord Stratford de Redcliffe: Letters to Sir A. H. Layard: 1879-1884. ff. 3, 6 Hugh Guion MacDonell, Secretary of Legation at Madrid, etc.; GCMG 1899: Letters t... British Library
referencedIn Vol. CX. (ff. 222). Jan.-Oct. 1886.includes:ff. 1-126 passim Sir Frederic William Burton, Director, National Gallery: Letters to Sir A. H. Layard: 1884-1886. ff. 3, 92, 102, 151, 181 Sir Arthur John Otway, 3rd Baronet: Letters to Sir A. H. Layard: 1... British Library
referencedIn Vol. CLXXXV (ff. 502). May, June, 1865.includes:ff. 1, 107 Philip Griffith, Consul General at New Granada: Letters to Sir A. H. Layard:: 1861-1866. ff. 3, 98, 290, 409 George Thorne Ricketts, of the Consular service: Correspondence with Sir A. H. La... British Library
referencedIn Vol. CVIII (ff. 224). Dec. 1884-June, 1885.includes:ff. 1-203 passim Sir Frederic William Burton, Director, National Gallery: Letters to Sir A. H. Layard: 1884-1886. f. 3 Captain Sir Douglas Strutt Galton, RE; KCB: Letters to Sir A. H. Layard: 1871,... British Library
referencedIn LAYARD PAPERS. Vol. CCI. Letter-book of "private" or semi-official correspondence of Sir A. H. Layard while Ambassador at Constantinople; 2 Jan. 1878-19 Jan. 1879. Folio. ff. 242.includes:ff. 3 b-59 passim Sir Austen Henry Layard, GCB; diplomatist an... British Library
referencedIn Vol. XCIX (ff. 334). Oct., Nov. 1879.includes:f. 1 Sir Edward Baldwin Malet, 4th Baronet; KCB; diplomatist: Letters to Sir A. H. Layard: 1878-1881. ff. 3, 102, 206, 334 Noel Temple Moore, Consul for Palestine: Correspondence with Sir A. H. Layard: 1... British Library
referencedIn LAYARD PAPERS. Vol. CCIII. Pressed copies of other "private" or semi-official letters of Sir A. H. Layard at Constantinople; 18 June, 1879-19 May, 1880. Quarto. ff. xii + 315includes:ff. 1-276 b passim George Jackson Eldridge, CMG, Consul-General in ... British Library
referencedIn Vol. XII. (ff. 551). 1844-May, 1847.includes:ff. 1, 15, 25, 96, 111, 122, 137, 142, 148, 295, 297, 336, 343, 478, 482, 546 Sir Charles Lyell, 1st Baronet; geologist: Letters to C. Babbage: 1826-1854. f. 2 Reverend William Pulling: Letter to C. Babba..., 1844-1847 British Library
creatorOf SUPPLEMENTARY EGMONT PAPERS. Vol. II (ff. 214).1. ff. 1-64v. Correspondence of the 4th Lord and Lady Egmont with William Downes, their agent; 1822-1823. Partly [italics]copies.[/italics] Many form a sequence endorsed 2-28, [italics]passim[/italic..., 1789-1839 British Library
referencedIn Vol. XCV (ff. 285). 26 Jan.-Apr. 1879.includes:ff. 1, 123, 234, 266, 280 Hormuzd Rassam, Assyriologist: Correspondence with Sir A -H. Layard: 1846-1894. ff. 5, 28, 99, 121, 138 William Henry Dalziel, Vice-Consul at Varna: Letters to Sir A. H. Laya... British Library
referencedIn Vol. LXXXIII (ff. 334). June-20 July, 1877.includes:ff. 1, 39, 103, 135, 170, 174, 234, 286, 333 Richard Bickerton Pemell Lyons, 2nd Baron Lyons; Viscount Lyons 1887: Letters to Sir A. H. Layard: 1866-1887. ff. 3, 70, 158, 302 Charles Albert. Broph... British Library
referencedIn Vol. LXV (ff. 432). 1868.London, England: Correspondence rel. to erection of the Albert Memorial: 1866-1869.includes:ff. 1, 5, 81, 168, 174 Sir George Gilbert Scott, RA; architect: Correspondence with Sir A. H. Layard, etc.: 1866-1869. ff. 6, 111, 2..., 1868 British Library
referencedIn Vol. LXIII (ff. 413). Apr. 1866-Mar. 1867.General Hon Charles Grey, private Secretary to Prince Albert and to Queen Victoria: Correspondence with Sir A. H. Layard: 1864-1869.George William Frederick Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon: Correspondence wit... British Library
referencedIn Vol. CIII (ff. 313). 16 Apr. -May, 1880.includes:f. 1 Hormuzd Rassam, Assyriologist: Correspondence with Sir A -H. Layard: 1846-1894. ff. 3, 11, 61 Count Luigi Corti,; Italian diplomatist: Letters to Sir A. H. Layard: 1861-1887. ff. 4, 97, 101, 12... British Library
referencedIn Vol. VI. (ff. 569). July, 1832-June, 1833.includes:f. 1 Christian Koch: Letter to C.Babbage: 1832. ff. 4, 141, 169, 453, 534, 552, 556 Joseph Clement, engineer: Correspondence, etc., with C. Babbage: 1829-1834. f. 9 Mary R-Sheppard, artist: Lette... British Library
referencedIn Vol. LXXXVI (ff. 390). 11 Oct. Nov. 1877 British Library
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Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
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Sarawak, South East Asia
London, England
Ionian Islands, Greece
Brussels, Belgium
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Suez Canal, Egypt
United States of America
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