The titles of Baron Mountjoy and Viscount Mountjoy have been created several times for members of various families, including the Blounts and their descendants and the Stewarts of Ramelton and their descendants. The first creation was for Walter Blount of Hertfordshire, who was summoned to Parliament as Baron Mountjoy in the

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during 1465. The Blounts were a junior part of the family Blount of Sodington of Worcestershire. The first Baron was the great-grandson of Sir John Blount of Sodington and Isolda Mountjoy, and the grandson of Sir Walter Blount, bearer of the

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of Henry IV at the

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during 1403 where he was slain.''A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland'' Vol 3, John Burke (1836) p167. Google Books This creation is one of the earliest examples of a baronial title not being related to land ownership or a pre-existing dignity. The 8th Baron Mountjoy was created

Earl of Devon Earl of Devon is a title that has been created several times in the Peerage of England. It was possessed first (after the Norman Conquest of 1066) by the Redvers family (''alias'' de Reviers, Revieres, etc.), and later by the Courtenay famil ...

during 1603 and died without legitimate issue during 1606, when the earldom and the barony became extinct. His son Mountjoy Blount, who had been born before his parents' marriage, was created Baron Mountjoy of Mountjoy Fort in the

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during 1618, Baron Mountjoy of Thurveston in the Peerage of England during 1627 and Earl of Newport in the Peerage of England during 1628. All these titles became extinct with the death of the 3rd Earl of Newport in 1681. Elizabeth Blount, sister of the 2nd Baron Mountjoy of the 1465 creation, had married the 1st Baron Windsor, and their descendant Thomas Windsor, 1st

Viscount Windsor Viscount Windsor is a title that has been created twice. The first creation came in the Peerage of Ireland in 1699 when the Honourable Thomas Windsor was made ''Viscount Windsor, of Blackcastle''. He was the younger son of Thomas Hickman-Winds ...

in the Peerage of Ireland and younger son of the 7th Baron Windsor and 1st Earl of Plymouth, was created Baron Mountjoy in the

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during 1712. This title became extinct on the death of his son the 2nd Viscount Windsor in 1758. Luke Gardiner (1745–1798), was created Baron Mountjoy during 1789 and Viscount Mountjoy during 1795, both part of the peerage of Ireland. Another title of Viscount Mountjoy was created (and it is still extant) in 1796 for the first

Marquess of Bute Marquess of the County of Bute, shortened in general usage to Marquess of Bute, is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1796 for John Stuart, 4th Earl of Bute. Family history John Stuart was the member of a family that ...

who married the grand-daughter of the 2nd Viscount Windsor and Baron Mountjoy.

Barons Mountjoy (1465)

Walter Blount, 1st Baron Mountjoy Walter Blount, 1st Baron Mountjoy, KG (1 August 1474) was an English politician. Early life and family Walter Blount was born about 1416, the eldest son of Sir Thomas Blount (1378–1456) and Margery Gresley and grandson of Sir Walter Bloun ...

(1420–1474) * Edward Blount, 2nd Baron Mountjoy (1467–1475) *

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, Helena Byron, th ...

(1445–1485) *

William Blount, 4th Baron Mountjoy William Blount, 4th Baron Mountjoy (8 November 1534), KG, of Barton Blount, Derbyshire, was an extremely influential English courtier, a respected humanistic scholar and patron of learning. He was one of the most influential and perhaps the we ...

(1478–1534) *

Charles Blount, 5th Baron Mountjoy Charles Blount, 5th Baron Mountjoy (28 June 151610 October 1544), was an English courtier and patron of learning. Life Charles Blount was born on 28 June 1516 in Tournai, where his father, William Blount, 4th Baron Mountjoy, was governor. His m ...

(1516–1544) *

James Blount, 6th Baron Mountjoy James Blount, 6th Baron Mountjoy (c. 1533 – 1582) was an English peer. Life Blount was born circa 1533 in Barnstaple, Devon, the eldest son of Charles Blount, 5th Baron Mountjoy (1516–1544) and Ann Willoughby. He inherited his title on the d ...

(1533–1581) * William Blount, 7th Baron Mountjoy (1561–1594) *

Charles Blount, 8th Baron Mountjoy Charles Brooke Blount, 1st Earl of Devonshire, KG (pronounced ''Blunt''; 15633 April 1606), was an English nobleman and soldier who served as Lord Deputy of Ireland under Elizabeth I, and later as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland under James I. He wa ...

(1562–1606), created

Earl of Devonshire The title of Earl of Devonshire has been created twice in the Peerage of England, firstly in 1603 for the Blount family and then recreated in 1618 for the Cavendish family, in whose possession the earldom remains. It is not to be confused with, ...

in 1603.

Barons Mountjoy of Mountjoy Fort (1618) and Mountjoy of Thurveston (1627)

* Mountjoy Blount, 1st Baron Mountjoy (1597–1665), created Earl of Newport during 1628. *''see Earl of Newport''.

Barons Mountjoy (1712)

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Barons Mountjoy (1789)

* Luke Gardiner, 1st Baron Mountjoy (1745–1798), was created Baron Mountjoy during 1789 and Viscount Mountjoy during 1795, both part of the peerage of Ireland. *''see

Viscount Mountjoy The title of Viscount Mountjoy has been created three times, twice in the Peerage of Ireland and once in the Peerage of Great Britain. The creations in the Peerage of Ireland were made in 1683 and 1795, and became extinct in 1769 and 1829, respec ...

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