• Thumbnail for Charles Blount, 8th Baron Mountjoy
    James, 6th Baron Mountjoy and Catherine, only daughter of Sir Thomas Leigh (Commissioner for Suppression of the Monasteries), Charles Blount was among...
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    married to Robert Rich, 3rd Baron Rich (later 1st Earl of Warwick) and had a public liaison with Charles Blount, Baron Mountjoy, whom she married in an unlicensed...
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  • Blount, 2nd Earl of Newport (1630–1675), English nobleman Charles Blount, 8th Baron Mountjoy (1563–1606), English nobleman and soldier This disambiguation...
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  • The titles of Baron Mountjoy and Viscount Mountjoy have been created several times for members of various families, including the Blounts and their descendants...
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    Blount was born circa 1597, one of four children born to Charles Blount, 8th Baron Mountjoy (1563-1606) and his partner Penelope Rich, Lady Rich (1563-1607)...
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  • William Blount, 7th Baron Mountjoy, (c. 1561 – 1594) was an English peer. William Blount was born circa 1561, the eldest son of James Blount, 6th Baron Mountjoy...
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    distinction the Earldom of Devonshire, was created twice, once for Charles Blount, 8th Baron Mountjoy, who had no legitimate children, and a second time for the...
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    the first well-documented performance of a play in Ireland: Charles Blount, 8th Baron Mountjoy staged it at Dublin Castle in 1601. The playtext summarizes...
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    Ireland. Mountjoy immediately besieged them with 7,000 men. O'Neill, O'Donnell, and their allies marched their armies south to sandwich Mountjoy, whose...
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  • Thumbnail for Robert Rich, 1st Earl of Warwick
    granted a divorce from his wife, who admitted adultery with Charles Blount, 8th Baron Mountjoy. By Penelope, Rich had seven children: Robert Rich, 2nd Earl...
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