MOUNTJOY (or MoNTJoY), BARONS AND VIS...
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Originally appearing in Volume
V18,
Page 941
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
See also:MOUNTJOY (or MoNTJoY), BARONS AND VISCOUNTS
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See also:Sir See also:Walter See also:Blount (d
.
1474), of Elvaston, See also:Derbyshire, See also:grandson of Sir Walter Blount, who was an adherent of See also:John of Gaunt, succeeded his See also:father, Sir See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas Blount, as treasurer of See also:Calais in 1460, becoming See also:governor a See also:year later as a See also:reward for service rendered to See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King See also:Edward IV. at the See also:battle of See also:Towton
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Edward conferred on him See also:rich estates forfeited by the See also:earl of See also:Devon; and in 1465 Blount was made See also:lord high treasurer and created See also:Baron See also:Mountjoy
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This creation is noteworthy as one of the earliest examples of a baronial See also:title not being of a territorial See also:character; nor the title of a dignity already existing
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Blount's See also:great-grandfather had married Isolda, daughter and heiress of Sir Thomas de Mountjoy, and the title was probably chosen to commemorate this See also:alliance
.
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