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 Albans Free School and

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. He travelled extensively in Europe and the Levant and was author of ''Voyage into the Levant'' published in London in 1634.''The English Baronetage, containing a Genealogical and Historical Account of all the Baronets now existing'' Vol 3, Pt 2. (1741) Arthur Collins pp665-77. Google Books ( Blount of Tittenhanger)] He was knighted in 1639. He served Charles I of England, Charles I during the

English Civil War The English Civil War (1642–1651) was a series of civil wars and political machinations between Parliamentarians (" Roundheads") and Royalists led by Charles I ("Cavaliers"), mainly over the manner of England's governance and issues of re ...

and was present at the

Battle of Edgehill The Battle of Edgehill (or Edge Hill) was a pitched battle of the First English Civil War. It was fought near Edge Hill and Kineton in southern Warwickshire on Sunday, 23 October 1642. All attempts at constitutional compromise between K ...

but he was acquitted by Parliament and later served in 1655 on a Commission to consider methods of improving the trade and navigation of the

Commonwealth of England The Commonwealth was the political structure during the period from 1649 to 1660 when England and Wales, later along with Ireland and Scotland, were governed as a republic after the end of the Second English Civil War and the trial and execut ...

. He was heir of his elder brother Thomas and inherited the estate at Tyttenhanger in 1654. He replaced the old manor house with a new mansion

Tyttenhanger House Tyttenhanger House is a 17th-century country mansion, now converted into commercial offices, at Tyttenhanger, near St Albans, Hertfordshire. It is a Grade I listed building. History The Tyttenhanger estate was owned by the Abbey of St Albans until ...

in about 1654. He served as

High Sheriff of Hertfordshire The High Sheriff of Hertfordshire was an ancient Sheriff title originating in the time of the Angles, not long after the foundation of the Kingdom of England, which was in existence for around a thousand years. On 1 April 1974, under the provisio ...

in 1661. His likeness painted by

Sir Peter Lely Sir Peter Lely (14 September 1618 – 7 December 1680) was a painter of Dutch origin whose career was nearly all spent in England, where he became the dominant portrait painter to the court. Life Lely was born Pieter van der Faes to Dutch ...

is exhibited in the National Portrait Gallery. Blount married Hester Mainwaring, née Wase and had seven sons including Thomas Pope Blount The Peerage website
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) and Charles Blount.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Blount, Henry 1602 births 1682 deaths British travel writers Royalist military personnel of the English Civil War People educated at St Albans School, Hertfordshire Alumni of Trinity College, Oxford Knights Bachelor English landowners