Bryan Blundell | |
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| Born | c. 1675 |
| Died | 27 January 1756 Liverpool, United Kingdom |
| Occupation(s) | Mayor of Liverpool, Founder and treasurer of the Liverpool Blue Coat School, Slave trader |
| Children | Richard Blundell, Jonathan Blundell, Henry Blundell |
Bryan Blundell (c. 1675 – 1756) was an English slave trader who served as Mayor of Liverpool. Blundell founded the Liverpool Blue Coat School in 1708 in conjunction with the Rector of Liverpool, the Reverend Robert Styth, to provide an education for the city's destitute children and orphans.
Blundell was also involved in the trade and transportation of African slaves. He was the owner of the Tarleton, which landed 236 slaves in Barbados having embarked them on the Gold Coast. Blundell's sons were heavily involved in the transatlantic slave trade before and after his death and throughout the 18th century.[1][2]