Davenport Fabian Cartwright Blunt

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]

Davenport Fabian Cartwright Blunt
Born(1888-01-19)19 January 1888
Bedford, Bedfordshire, England
Died28 December 1965(1965-12-28) (aged 77)
Lewisham, London, England
NationalityBritish
EducationBedford Modern School
OccupationCivil Servant
Known forUnder-Secretary at HM Treasury

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. "Blunt, Davenport Fabian Cartwright, (1888–28 Dec. 1965)". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U50123. ISBN 978-0-19-954089-1.
  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. 1963. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  4. THE LONDON GAZETTE, Issue 34606, 10 MARCH, 1939, p. 1675
  5. SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, Issue 37835, 1 JANUARY, 1947, p. 4
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