Born 8 August 1804 in Taunton, Somerset, England, the son of William Blundell & Mary Ann Horniblow. He 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),[1] which was administered by British India.