The Blount Baronetcy, of Sodington in the County of Worcester, was created in the

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on 5 October 1642 for Walter Blount,

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in 1619 and

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for

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from 1624 to 1625. He later fought as a Royalist in the

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. He was captured in 1645 and imprisoned in the

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. In 1652 he was convicted of

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and his estates at Sodington Hall, Worcestershire, and at Mawley Hall, Shropshire were sequestrated. The family recovered the estates after the

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of Charles II. The title descended in the direct line until the death of his grandson, the third Baronet, in 1717. The late Baronet was succeeded by his nephew, the fourth Baronet. He was succeeded by his elder son, the fifth Baronet. He died childless and was succeeded by his younger brother, the sixth Baronet. His grandson, the eighth Baronet, was high sheriff of

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in 1835. His son, the ninth Baronet, was a deputy lieutenant of Worcestershire. His eldest son, the tenth Baronet, died childless and was succeeded by his younger brother, the eleventh Baronet. The title became extinct on the death of the latter's son, the twelfth Baronet, in 2004.

Blount baronets, of Sodington (1624)

Sir Walter Blount, 1st Baronet 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. Origins Blount was the eldest ...

(–1654) *Sir George Blount, 2nd Baronet (died 1667) *Sir Walter Kirkham Blount, 3rd Baronet (died 1717) *Sir Edward Blount, 4th Baronet (died 1758) *Sir Edward Blount, 5th Baronet (c. 1724–1765) *Sir Walter Blount, 6th Baronet (died 1785) *Sir Walter Blount, 7th Baronet (1768–1803) *Sir Edward Blount, 8th Baronet (1795–1881) *Sir Walter de Sodington Blount, 9th Baronet (1833–1915), married to

Lady Elizabeth Blount Elizabeth Anne Mould de Sodington Blount, Lady de Sodington Blount (born Elizabeth Anne Mould Williams lastly Elizabeth Anne Mould Morgan; 7 May 1850 – 2 January 1935) was an English pamphlet writer and social activist. She led a society who be ...

*Sir Walter Aston Blount, 10th Baronet (1876–1958) *Sir (Edward) Robert Blount, 11th Baronet (1884–1978) *Sir Walter Edward Alpin Blount, 12th Baronet (1917–2004)

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Sir Edward Charles Blount (1809–1905), son of

Edward Blount Edward Blount (or Blunt) (1562–1632) was a London publisher of the Elizabethan, Jacobean, and Caroline eras, noted for his publication, in conjunction with William and Isaac Jaggard, of the First Folio of Shakespeare's plays in 1623. H ...

, Member of Parliament for

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, second son of the sixth Baronet, was an important banker and railway promoter in France. Blount, Barons Mountjoy were descended from this branch of the family.

who had married the 9th baronet was a leading exponent of the Flat Earth idea.

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Blount baronets, of Sodington (1624)

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