In 1963, Philby was revealed to be a member of the spy ring now known as the Cambridge Five, the other members of which were Donald Maclean, Guy Burgess, Anthony Blunt, and John Cairncross.

Starring Bill Nighy, Miranda Richardson and Emily Blunt, it was first broadcast in the UK on BBC One on 26 February 2006.

Atlantic said that it was too early in Blunt's career, and that they did not want Blunt to become a one-hit wonder.

This too was performing poorly, so Harley granted authority for selling tickets to John Blunt a director of the Hollow Sword Blade Company, which despite its name was an unofficial bank.

Marketing was handled by members of the Sword Blade syndicate, Gibbon distributing £ 200, 000 of tickets and earning £ 4, 500 commission, and Blunt distributing £ 993, 000.

Charles Blunt ( a relative ) was made Paymaster of the lottery with ' expenses ' of £ 5, 000.

The Charter for the company was drawn up by Blunt, based upon that of the Bank of England.

Blunt was paid £ 3, 846 for his services in setting up the company.

Law's remarkable success was known throughout Europe in financial circles and now came to inspire Blunt and his associates to make greater efforts to grow their own concerns.

On 1 February, the company negotiators led by Blunt raised their offer to £ 4 million plus a proportion of £ 3. 5 million depending on how much of the debt was converted.

The only exception was the episode " In Like Blunt ", which featured cameo appearances by the Beagle Boys, Flintheart Glomgold, and Magica De Spell.

When Sharp returns however, Blunt is brought out of retirement by J. Gander Hooter and partnered with Darkwing — a relationship he hates, despite Darkwing's gimmicks, even though he is admired by Darkwing, who claims Blunt was his inspiration.

He was shown briefly in the episode " In Like Blunt " about to beat up Phineas Sharp when the list that Phineas was going to sell was replaced with a grocery list.

His scheme was foiled by Darkwing Duck and Blunt who switched the real list with a grocery list taken off of Horatio, his short falcon assistant.

Anna Matronic was originally intended for an actual episode of the show which was abandoned for unknown reasons ; she does, however, make a cameo appearance in In Like Blunt.

The windmill was owned by the family of singer James Blunt for many decades Among resident breeding birds are Avocet, Bearded Tit, Bittern, Marsh Harrier and Spoonbill.

United States Senator Roy Blunt was born in Niangua.

Major General James G. Blunt ( Union ) finding the Confederate supplies and realizing that Perryville was a major supply depot for Confederate forces ordered the town burned.

In 2011, his " Lady Blunt " violin from 1721, which is in pristine condition, was sold at Tarisio auctions for £ 9. 8 million, or about $ 15. 9 million ( it is named after Lord Byron's granddaughter Lady Anne Blunt, who owned it for 30 years ).

Again, at the Little Blue River on October 21, Blunt was forced to retire – but not without slowing Price enough for a pursuing Federal cavalry division under Alfred Pleasonton to close the gap between himself and the Rebels.

Blunt quickly entered the fray, attempting to drive Price back beyond the defensive positions that he wished to reoccupy.

Confederate Maj. Gen. Sterling Price began an invasion of Missouri and Blunt took command of the 1st Division of Army of the Border.

Blunt quickly entered the fray, attempting to drive Price back beyond the defensive positions he wished to reoccupy.

Blunt remained a South Sea director, as did Sawbridge and they had been joined by Gibbon and Child.

Blunt timed his resignation so that it did not become public until after the polls closed but before the results were declared.

Blunt did not fall back towards Missouri but instead set up defensive positions around Cane Hill to wait for Herron.

While Blunt did not order the maneuver he quickly endorsed it even chastising a regimental commander for not showing enough initiative when he failed to follow the unorthodox procedure.

Although called a liberal by the contemporary English admirer, Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, Jamal ad-Din did not advocate constitutional government.

Following production, Sarandon strongly suggested to director David Auburn that he cast Blunt in his next film, The Girl in the Park — a role she did not accept.

Tom Blunt did not become involved in the war at this point.

Blunt did not seek a second term as governor, announcing his decision in an address to Missourians on January 22, 2008.

However, a force of about 2, 000 men under the command of Maj. Gen. James G. Blunt did set out for Lexington.

Blunt did, however, further retard the Confederates ' dilatory march, and gained valuable information about the size and disposition of Price's command.

However, a force of about 2, 000 men under the command of Maj. Gen. James G. Blunt did set out for Lexington.

However, a force of 2, 000 men under the command of Maj. Gen. James G. Blunt did finally set out for Lexington, Missouri, about thirty miles east of Kansas City.

Meanwhile, Blunt continued to push Jennison and Ford up the rise across Brush Creek, making slow progress until the 9th Wisconsin opened fire upon the Confederate flank and rear.

MI5 received information from American Michael Straight in 1964 which pointed to Blunt's espionage ; the two had known each other at Cambridge some thirty years before and Blunt had tried to recruit Straight as a spy.

It is also likely that his information helped in the investigation of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg in the U. S. Gouzenko, being a cipher clerk by profession, likely also assisted with the Venona investigation, which probed Soviet codes and which eventually led to the discovery of vital Soviet spies such as Donald Maclean, Guy Burgess, Kim Philby, Anthony Blunt, and John Cairncross ( the so-called Cambridge Five ), as well as Alan Nunn May.

Wilfrid Blunt was vital in the relay of this information to the British empire as it helped them determine their course of action.

In July 2007, Blunt signed an executive order launching the Missouri Accountability Portal ( MAP ) which provides Missourians with free, immediate, online information about how the state spends taxpayer money.

Although many such failures were subsequently blamed on the actions of the self-confessed or defected agents Guy Burgess, Kim Philby and Anthony Blunt, a number of failures occurred after all three had lost their access to secret information.

Blunt also gained valuable information about the size and disposition of Price's army.