Bluett was born at Kensington in London, and was educated at Cranbrook School, Kent, captaining the side in his final year when he averaged almost 60 runs per innings.
During his National Service serving in the Royal Artillery between 1948 and 1950, Bluett played 10 times for the Second XI in the Minor Counties Championship.
[1][4] He made five more Second XI appearances for Kent, the last in 1958, and played for a variety of amateur sides, including the Forty Club, Yellowhammers, Incogniti and Band of Brothers.
[3] Bluett worked on the London Stock Exchange and was the director of a timber broking company.
He served on the Kent General Committee between 1977 and 1979, and ran the junior section of Band of Brothers for a time.