Montague Blundell, 1st Viscount Blundell (19 June 1689 – 19 August 1756), known as Sir Montague Blundell, Bt, between 1707 and 1720, was a British politician who sat in the

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from 1715 to 1722. Blundell was the son of

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, by Anne Ingoldsby, daughter of

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and Anne Waller. He succeeded his father in the baronetcy in 1707.thepeerage.com Montague Blundell, 1st and last Viscount Blundell
/ref> In 1715 he was returned to parliament as one of two representatives for

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, a seat he held until 1722. In 1720 he was elevated to the

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as Baron Blundell, of Edenderry in the King's County, and Viscount Blundell. Lord Blundell married Mary Chetwynd, daughter of John Chetwynd, of

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, in 1709. He died in August 1756, aged 67. He had no surviving sons and all his titles died with him. Lord Blundell had secured the permission of the House of Lords in 1742 to pass his estates to his daughter Mary. Lady Blundell died in December 1756. Their daughter the Honourable Mary Blundell married William Trumbull. They were the grandparents of

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