Davenport Fabian Cartwright Blunt

Davenport Fabian Cartwright Blunt
Born (1888-01-19)19 January 1888
Bedford, Bedfordshire, England
Died 28 December 1965(1965-12-28) (aged 77)
Lewisham, London, England
Nationality United Kingdom
Education Bedford Modern School
Occupation Civil Servant
Known for Under-Secretary at HM Treasury

Davenport Fabian Cartwright Blunt CB (19 January 1888 – 28 December 1965) was a British Civil Servant who became Under-Secretary at HM Treasury.[1][2][3]

Biography

Blunt was born in Bedford on 19 January 1888 the son of Harry and Agnes Blunt.[1] Blunt's father was a tutor and Blunt himself was educated at Bedford Modern School.[1]

After school, Blunt joined the civil service and by 1911 was already an examiner in the exchequer and audit department.[1] He moved to HM Treasury in 1939[4] where he was Under-Secretary between 1946 and 1948.[1] In 1947 he was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath.[1][5]

Blunt married Edith Harris in London in 1911.[1] He died aged 77 on 28 December 1965 in Lewisham, London.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Who Was Who, Published by A&C Black Limited, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920-2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014
  2. ↑ Kelly’s Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes, 1962, Published by Kelly’s Directories Limited
  3. ↑ "Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage". google.com. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  4. ↑ https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34606/page/1675/data.pdf
  5. ↑ https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37835/supplement/4/data.pdf
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