Wilfrid Scawen Blunt

English poet and essayist (1840–1922)

Wilfrid Scawen Blunt (17 August 1840 – 10 September 1922), sometimes spelt Wilfred, was an English poet and writer. He and his wife Lady Anne Blunt travelled in the Middle East and were instrumental in preserving the Arabian horse bloodlines through their farm, the Crabbet Arabian Stud. Blunt was best known for his poetry, which appeared in a collected edition in 1914, and also wrote political essays and polemics.

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