Edward Charles Blount
Sir Edward Charles Blount (16 March 1809 – 15 March 1905) was an English banker in Paris and promoter of French railways. == Early life == Born into a Catholic family at Bellamour, near Rugeley, Staffordshire, he was the second son of Edward Blount (1769–1843) and his wife, Frances (died 1859), daughter of Francis Wright of Fitzwalters, Essex.