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Arms of Blount: Barry nebuly of six or and sable. Sir Walter Blount, 1st Baronet (1594 – 27 August 1654) of Sodington in the parish of Mamble in Worcestershire, was a Member of Parliament for Droitwich in 1624 and supported the Royalist cause in the Civil War.
The Blount Baronetcy, of Sodington in the County of Worcester, was created in the Baronetage of England on 5 October 1642 for Walter Blount, High Sheriff of Worcestershire in 1619 and Member of Parliament for Droitwich from 1624 to 1625.
Sir Walter de Sodington Blount, 9th Baronet (1833–1915), of the Blount baronets Sir Walter Aston Blount, 10th Baronet (1876–1958), of the Blount baronets Sir Walter Edward Alpin Blount, 12th Baronet (1917–2004), of the Blount baronets
For nearly 400 years Sodington remained the principal seat of one of England’s most prominent families – Sir Walter Blount even appears as a leading character in Shakespeare’s Henry IV. Then, in approximately 1646, it was burnt by Parliamentary forces, in reprisal for the refusal by Sir Walter Blount, 1st Baronet (1594-1654) to grant them ...
There have been two baronetcies created for persons with the surname Blount (pronounced "Blunt"), both in the Baronetage of England. Both creations are extinct. Both creations are extinct. Blount baronets of Sodington (1642)
Sir Charles William Blunt, 3rd Baronet (1731–1802) Sir Charles Richard Blunt, 4th Baronet (1775–1840) Sir Walter Blunt, 5th Baronet (1826–1847) Sir Charles William Blunt, 6th Baronet (1810–1890) Sir William Blunt, 7th Baronet (1826–1902). He was the son of William Blunt, third son of the third Baronet, and succeeded his cousin.
The Blount family of Sodington Hall, Mamble, Worcestershire, wealthy coalowners and ironfounders, acquired estates in neighbouring Shropshire. They were prominent Roman Catholics and Walter Blount was created a baronet in 1624 (see Blount baronets ). [ 2 ]
The Blount Baronetcy, of Tittenhanger in the County of Hertford, was created in the Baronetage of England on 27 January 1680 for Thomas Pope Blount (b. 1649). In the 16th century Elizabeth Blount, daughter of Sir Walter Blount of Blount Hall, Staffordshire (a descendant of the Sodington Blounts), married Sir Thomas Pope of Tittenhanger, Herefordshire.