Edward Blount (18 July 1769 – 20 March 1843) was a British politician, and activist in the cause of civil rights for

Roman Catholic Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a lette ...

s. He was a Whig

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for

Steyning Steyning ( ) is a town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Horsham District, Horsham district of West Sussex, England. It is located at the north end of the River Adur gap in the South Downs, four miles (6.4 km) north of the ...

, Sussex from 1830 till the constituency was abolished in 1832.

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'', Blount, Edward (1769–1843), campaigner for Roman Catholic civil rights by H. J. Spencer.

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* 1769 births 1843 deaths Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies UK MPs 1830–1831 UK MPs 1831–1832 Whig (British political party) MPs for English constituencies {{England-UK-MP-stub