Dictionary of Indian Biography/Blunt, Charles Harris
BLUNT, CHARLES HARRIS (1824–1900)
Maj-General: entered the Army, 1842: was in the Bengal Horse Artillery: was in the Satlaj campaign, 1846, at Sobraon: also in the Panjab campaign: in the mutiny, raised "Blunt's Horse," was at the siege of Delhi, battle of Najafghar, action at Agra, (Lord Clyde's) relief of Lucknow, where he was the hero of a very dashing performance with the guns at the Sikandarbagh, at the action of Shamsabad, the capture of the fort and town of Kalpi: Brevets of Major and Colonel: C.B: Lord Roberts refers to his splendid courage in leading his guns in the advance on Lucknow: his troops suffered severely at Delhi and Agra, "seldom, if ever, has a battery and its commander had a grander record to show": died. Aug 15, 1900.