Like all other civil servants until the introduction of competitive examinations in the 1850s, Blunt had studied at Haileybury in Hertfordshire in 1846 with Highly Distinguished[1] distinction and stood at 7th position with 2nd class among students of Bengal.
[3][dubious – discuss] In 1820, Blunt became the Commissioner in Cuttack and Superintendent of Tributary Mahals.
[4] He married Eliza Jane, the daughter of Lieutenant Colonel Goddard Richards, at Midnapore on 23 December 1821.
[5] He was Special Commissioner to David Scott (Agent to the Governor-General on the North-East Frontier) during the Burmese War of May 1828.
[7] On 20 March 1835, he was posted as Governor of the Presidency of Agra and served for over eight months, until 1 December 1835.