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Newport, Earl of (E, 1628 - 1679)

Creation: let.pat. 3 Aug 1628

Extinct: 25 Sep 1679

Family name: Blount

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Arms:

Barry nebulée of six Or and Sable a Bordure gobony Argent and Gules

Crest:

Out of a Ducal Coronet Or a Crescent Gold

Supporters:

On either side a Knight in Complete Armour proper collared belted and Pomels and Hilts of swords Or

Motto:

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Mountjoy [Blount], 1st Baron Mountjoy later 1st Earl of Newport, PC

1st illegitimate son of Charles [Blount], 1st Earl of Devonshire, by his mistress (?wife) Lady Penelope Rich, widow of Robert [Rich], 1st Earl of Warwick, and 1st dau. of Walter [Devereux], 1st Earl of Essex

born

c. 1597

mar.

7 Feb 1626/7 Hon Anne Boteler (mar. (2) 1667 Thomas [Weston], 4th Earl of Portland; d. 26 May 1669), sister and cohrss. of William [Boteler], 2nd Baron Boteler of Brantfield, and 6th dau. of John [Boteler], 1st Baron Boteler of Brantfield, by his wife Elizabeth Villiers, half-sister of George [Villiers], 1st Duke of Buckingham, and 1st dau. of Sir George Villiers, of Brokesby, co. Leicester, by his first wife Audrey Saunders, dau. and hrss. of William Saunders, of Harrington, co. Northampton

children

1. Hon Mountjoy Blount, later 2nd Earl of Newport

2. Hon Thomas Blount, later 3rd Earl of Newport

3. Hon Henry Blount, later 4th Earl of Newport

1. Lady Isabella Blount (bur. spm. 2 Mar 1654/5), mar. as his first wife Nicholas Vaux later Knollys, titular 3rd Earl of Banbury, and had issue

2. Lady Anne Blount, mar. Thomas Porter, 4th son of Endymion Porter, a Groom of the Bedchamber to King Charles I

died

12 Feb 1665/6

created

31 Jan 1617/8 Baron Mountjoy, of Mountjoy Fort in the County of Tyrone (Peerage of Ireland)

5 Jun 1627 Baron Mountjoy, of Thurveston in the County of Derby, with precedency over all Barons created since 20 May 1627 (this special clause of precedency was rejected by the House of Lords in 1628)

3 Aug 1628 Earl of Newport in the Isle of Wight

suc. by

son

note

suc. to the Wanstead estate on the death of his father 1606; Capt of a Troop of Horse in the La Rochelle expedition 1627; Rear-Admiral in command of the "St Andrew" 1628; Master General of the Ordnance 1634-60; Privy Councillor 1638; Col of a Regiment of Foot 1639; General of the Artillery in the King's Army of the North 1639; Constable of the Tower of London 1641; Lieutenant General of the North 1642; at the Battle of Newbury 1642; taken prisoner at the capture of Dartmouth chamber 1645/6; a Gentleman of the Bedchamber to King Charles I and King Charles II

Mountjoy [Blount], 2nd Earl of Newport

born

c. 1630

died

20 Mar 1674/5

suc. by

brother

note

Thomas [Blount], 3rd Earl of Newport

born

died

4 May 1675

suc. by

brother

note

Henry [Blount], 4th Earl of Newport

born

mar.

Susanna Mortimer (widow of Edward Mortimer; d. aft. Mar 1700), dau. of John Briscoe, of Grafton, co. Kent

died

s.p. 25 Sep 1679

note

On the death of the 4th Earl of Newport all his titles became extinct

 First written 22 Mar 2003

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