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. Her nephew Sir Thomas Pope Blount (d. 1638) inherited the estate at Tittenhanger on her death. The first Baronet was the grandson of Sir Thomas and son of the traveller
Sir Henry Blount
Sir Henry Blount (1602–1682) was a 17th-century English landowner, traveller and author.
Life
He was the third son of Sir Thomas Pope Blount (1552–1638) of Blount's Hall, Staffordshire and Tyttenhanger, Hertfordshire and was educated at St ...
. He represented
St Albans
St Albans () is a cathedral city in Hertfordshire, England, east of Hemel Hempstead and west of Hatfield, Hertfordshire, Hatfield, north-west of London, south-west of Welwyn Garden City and south-east of Luton. St Albans was the first major ...
and
Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire ( or ; often abbreviated Herts) is one of the home counties in southern England. It borders Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire to the north, Essex to the east, Greater London to the south, and Buckinghamshire to the west. For govern ...
in the
House of Commons
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. The title became extinct on the death of his grandson, the third Baronet, in 1757.
Blount baronets, of Tittenhanger (1680)
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Sir Thomas Pope Blount, 1st Baronet (1649–1697)
*Sir Thomas Pope Blount, 2nd Baronet (1670–1731)
*Sir Harry Pope Blount, 3rd Baronet (1702–1757)
See also
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There have been two baronetcies created for persons with the surname Blount (pronounced "Blunt"), both in the Baronetage of England
Baronets are a rank in the British aristocracy. The current Baronetage of the Uni ...
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Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of England
1680 establishments in England
1757 disestablishments in Great Britain