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Blount baronets of Sodington (1642)

The Blount Baronetcy, of Sodington in the County of Worcester, was created in the Baronetage of England on 5 October 1642 for Walter Blount, High Sheriff of Worcestershire in 1619 and Member of Parliament for Droitwich from 1624 to 1625. He later fought as a Royalist in the Civil War. He was captured in 1645 and imprisoned in the Tower of London. In 1652 he was convicted of treason and his estates at Sodington Hall, Worcestershire, and at Mawley Hall, Shropshire were sequestrated. The family recovered the estates after the Restoration of Charles II.

Blount baronets, of Sodington (1642)
Sir Walter Blount, 1st Baronet (–1654) • Sir George Blount, 2nd Baronet (died 1667) • Sir Walter Kirkham Blount, 3rd Baronet (died 1717) • Sir Edward Blount, 4th Baronet (died 1758) • Sir Edward Blount, 5th Baronet (c. 1724–1765) • Sir Walter Blount, 6th Baronet (died 1785) • Sir Walter Blount, 7th Baronet (1768–1803) • Sir Edward Blount, 8th Baronet (1795–1881) • Sir Walter de Sodington Blount, 9th Baronet (1833–1915), married to Lady Elizabeth Blount • Sir Walter Aston Blount, 10th Baronet (1876–1958) • Sir (Edward) Robert Blount, 11th Baronet (1884–1978) • Sir Walter Edward Alpin Blount, 12th Baronet (1917–2004) ==Extended family==
Extended family
Sir Edward Charles Blount (1809–1905), son of Edward Blount, Member of Parliament for Steyning, second son of the sixth Baronet, was an important banker and railway promoter in France. Blount, Barons Mountjoy were descended from this branch of the family. Lady Elizabeth Blount who had married the 9th baronet was a leading exponent of the Flat Earth idea. ==See also==
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