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during 1403 where he was slain. This creation is one of the earliest examples of a baronial title not being related to land ownership or a pre-existing dignity.
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have been created several times for members of various families, including the Blounts and their descendants and the Stewarts of Ramelton and their descendants.
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Elizabeth Blount, sister of the 2nd Baron Mountjoy of the 1465 creation, had married the 1st Baron Windsor, and their descendant Thomas Windsor, 1st
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Luke Gardiner (1745–1798), was created Baron Mountjoy during 1789 and Viscount Mountjoy during 1795, both part of the peerage of Ireland.
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of Worcestershire. The first Baron was the great-grandson of Sir John Blount of Sodington and Isolda Mountjoy, and the grandson of Sir
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in the Peerage of England during 1628. All these titles became extinct with the death of the 3rd Earl of Newport in 1681.
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during 1603 and died without legitimate issue during 1606, when the earldom and the barony became extinct. His son
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in the Peerage of Ireland and younger son of the 7th Baron Windsor and 1st Earl of Plymouth, was created
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during 1712. This title became extinct on the death of his son the 2nd Viscount Windsor in 1758.
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Another title of Viscount Mountjoy was created (and it is still extant) in 1796 for the first
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The first creation was for Walter Blount of Hertfordshire, who was summoned to Parliament as
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A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland
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who married the grand-daughter of the 2nd Viscount Windsor and Baron Mountjoy.
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Barons Mountjoy of Mountjoy Fort (1618) and Mountjoy of Thurveston (1627)
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during 1465. The Blounts were a junior part of the family
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Index

Peerage of England
Blount of Sodington
Walter Blount
Royal Standard
Henry IV
Battle of Shrewsbury
Earl of Devon
Mountjoy Blount
Peerage of Ireland
Earl of Newport
Viscount Windsor
Peerage of Great Britain
Marquess of Bute
Walter Blount, 1st Baron Mountjoy
Edward Blount, 2nd Baron Mountjoy
John Blount, 3rd Baron Mountjoy
William Blount, 4th Baron Mountjoy
Charles Blount, 5th Baron Mountjoy
James Blount, 6th Baron Mountjoy
William Blount, 7th Baron Mountjoy
Charles Blount, 8th Baron Mountjoy
Earl of Devonshire
Mountjoy Blount, 1st Baron Mountjoy
Earl of Newport
Viscount Windsor
Luke Gardiner, 1st Baron Mountjoy
Viscount Mountjoy
Earl of Blessington
Earl of Newport
Viscount Mountjoy

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