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Wilfrid Scawen Blunt (17 August 1840 - 10 September 1922) (Sometimes spelled "Wilfred") was an English poet and writer. He was born at Petworth House in Sussex, and served in the Diplomat… More...

Wilfrid Scawen Blunt (17 August 1840 - 10 September 1922) (Sometimes spelled "Wilfred") was an English poet and writer. He was born at Petworth House in Sussex, and served in the Diplomatic Service from 1858 to 1869. He was raised in the faith of his mother, a Catholic convert, and educated at Twyford School, Stonyhurst, and at St Mary's College, Oscott. He was best known for his poetry, which was published in a collected edition in 1914, but also wrote a number of political essays and Wilfrid Scawen Blunt (17 August 1840 - 10 September 1922) (Sometimes spelled "Wilfred") was an English poet and writer. He was born at Petworth House in Sussex, and served in the Diplomatic Service from 1858 to 1869. He was raised in the faith of his mother, a Catholic convert, and educated at Twyford School, Stonyhurst, and at St Mary's College, Oscott. He was best known for his poetry, which was published in a collected edition in 1914, but also wrote a number of political essays and polemics. Blunt is also known for his relatively enlightened views on imperialism:'His most memorable line of poetry on the subject comes from Satan Absolved (1899), where a cynical devil explains to the Almighty that, 'The white man's burden, Lord, is the burden of his cash' (Poetical Works, 2.254). Blunt thus stands Rudyard Kipling's familiar concept on its head, arguing that the imperialists' burden is not their moral responsibility for the colonised peoples, but their urge to make money out of them.' - Elizabeth Longford, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. In 1869, he married Lady Anne Noel, who was the daughter of the Earl of Lovelace and granddaughter of Lord Byron. Together they travelled through Spain, Algeria, Egypt, the Syrian Desert, and extensively in the Middle East and India. Based upon pure-blooded Arabian horses they obtained in Egypt and the Nejd, they co-founded Crabbet Arabian Stud, and later purchased a property near Cairo, named Sheykh Obeyd which housed their horse breeding operation in Egypt. In 1882 he championed the cause of Urabi Pasha, which led him to be banned from entering Egypt for four years. Blunt generally opposed British imperialism as a matter of philosophy, and his support for Irish causes led to his imprisonment in 1888.Wilfrid and Lady Anne's only child to live to maturity was Judith Blunt-Lytton, 16th Baroness Wentworth, later known as Lady Wentworth. As an adult, she was married in Cairo but moved permanently to the Books, Fiction~~General, Future-of-Islam~~Wilfrid-Scawen-Blunt, 999999999, The Future of Islam, Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, 0217941486, General Books LLC, , , , , General Books LLC<

ISBN: 9780217941488

The Future of Islam Books Fiction~~General Future-of-Islam~~Wilfrid-Scawen-Blunt General Books LLC General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1882 Original Publisher:… More...

The Future of Islam Books Fiction~~General Future-of-Islam~~Wilfrid-Scawen-Blunt General Books LLC General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1882 Original Publisher: Kegan Paul, Trench Subjects: Islam Middle East Muslims History / Middle East / General Religion / Islam / General Religion / Islam / History Social Science / Islamic Studies Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or an index. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there.<