John Blount, 3rd Baron Mountjoy [SEP] date of death
John Blount, 3rd Baron Mountjoy
John Blount, 3rd Baron Mountjoy (c. 1450 – 12 October 1485) was an English peer and soldier.
Life.
John Blount was born circa 1450 in Rock, Worcestershire, the second son of Walter Blount, 1st Baron Mountjoy, by his first wife, Ellen Byron, the daughter of Sir John Byron of Clayton, Lancashire.
Career.
Blount was appointed Lieutenant of Hammes in the Pale of Calais on 6 April 1470. Blount's father died 1 August 1474
created Baron Mountjoy in the Peerage of Great Britain during 1712. This title became extinct on the death of his son the 2nd Viscount Windsor during 1758.
Luke Gardiner (1745–1798), was created Baron Mountjoy during 1789 and Viscount Mountjoy during 1795, both part of the peerage of Ireland.
Barons Mountjoy (1465).
- Walter Blount, 1st Baron Mountjoy (1420–1474)
- Edward Blount, 2nd Baron Mountjoy (1467–1475)
- John Blount, 3rd Baron Mountjoy (1445–1485)
- William Blount