Viscount Blundell was a title in the

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. It was created in 1720 for Sir Montague Blundell, 4th Baronet, Member of Parliament for

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between 1715 and 1722. He was made Baron Blundell, of

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in the King's County, at the same time, also in the Peerage of Ireland. He had no surviving male issue and the titles became extinct on his death in 1756. The Blundell Baronetcy was created in the

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on 13 October 1620 for Sir Francis Blundell, Vice-Treasurer and Receiver-General of

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.Burke, John
''A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire''
(Henry Colburn, 1838), p.xvii. He was succeeded by his son, the second Baronet. He represented both

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and Philipstown in the

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. His son, the third Baronet, sat in the Irish Parliament as the representative for King's County. He was succeeded by his son, the aforementioned fourth Baronet, who was elevated to the peerage in 1722. Viscount Blundell was Churchwarden of St George's, Hanover Square, London for the year 1738 – his tenure is listed in the church.

Blundell baronets (1620)

* Sir Francis Blundell, 1st Baronet (1579–1625) * Sir George Blundell, 2nd Baronet (died 1675) *

Sir Francis Blundell, 3rd Baronet Sir Francis Blundell, 3rd Baronet (30 January 1643 – 1707) was an Irish baronet and politician. He was the son of Sir George Blundell, 2nd Baronet and his wife Sarah Colley, daughter of Sir William Colley. In 1675, he succeeded his fathe ...

(1643–1707) * Sir Montague Blundell, 4th Baronet (1689–1756) (created Viscount Blundell in 1720)

Viscounts Blundell (1720)

* Montague Blundell, 1st Viscount Blundell (1689–1756) **Hon. Montague Blundell (died 1733)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Blundell Extinct viscountcies in the Peerage of Ireland Noble titles created in 1720