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 | | BLUNT, WILFRID SCAWEN (1840—1922), English poet, diplomat and publicist, was born on the 17th of August 1840 at Pictworth House, Sussex, the son of Francis Scawen Blunt, who served in the Peninsular War and was wounded at Corunna. |
 | | In 1867 he was sent to South America, and on his return to England retired from the service on his marriage with Lady Anne Noel, daughter of the earl of Lovelace and a granddaughter of the poet Byron. |
 | | Blunt penetrated al-Najd with his wife, Pilgrimage to Nejd, The Cradle of the Arab Race, 2 vols. |
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