• Sir James Blount (died 1493) (sometimes spelt Blunt) was commander of the English fortress of Hammes, near Calais. Blount was the son of Walter Blount, 1st...
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  • James Blount or Blunt may also refer to: Sir James Blount (English soldier) (died 1493), sometimes rendered as James Blunt, English military commander...
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  • Sir Walter Blount (circa 1348-21 July 1403), was a soldier and supporter of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster. He later supported John's son and heir Henry...
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    Charles Blount, 1st Earl of Devonshire, KG (pronounced Blunt; 1563 – 3 April 1606) was an English nobleman and soldier who served as Lord Deputy of Ireland...
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    James Henderson Blount (September 12, 1837 – March 8, 1903) was an American statesman, soldier and congressman from Georgia. He opposed the annexation...
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  • Blount (or Blunt) is a common surname of English derivation, meaning "blonde, fair" (Old French blund), or dull (Middle English blunt, blont) Anna Blount...
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    William Blount (/blʌnt/ BLUNT; April 6, 1749 – March 21, 1800) was an American politician, landowner and Founding Father who was one of the signers of...
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    unknown Ahmad Zarruq, Moroccan scholar and Sufi sheikh (b. 1442) James Blount, English soldier Isabel Bras Williamson, Scottish merchant (b. 1430) Kim Si-sŭp...
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  • John Blount, 3rd Baron Mountjoy (c. 1450 – 12 October 1485) was an English peer and soldier. John Blount was born circa 1450 in Rock, Worcestershire,[citation...
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    Hubert Boulby Blount, CB, OBE, MC (26 October 1893 – 23 October 1940) was a British soldier, airman and first-class cricketer. Blount was born in Kamptee...
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    James Blunt (born James Hillier Blount, 22 February 1974) is an English singer, songwriter, and musician. A former soldier, he is especially known for...
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    Mountjoy Blount, 1st Earl of Newport (c. 1597 to 12 February 1666) was an English courtier and politician who held a number of positions under Charles...
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  • Blunt (1823–1884), English divine John James Blunt (1794–1855), English divine John W. Blunt (1840–1910), American Union soldier, Medal of Honor recipient...
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    unknown Ahmad Zarruq, Moroccan scholar and Sufi sheikh (b. 1442) James Blount, English soldier Isabel Bras Williamson, Scottish merchant (b. 1430) Kim Si-sŭp...
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  • members are: James Fiennes, 1st Baron Saye and Sele (1395–1450) Richard Fiennes, 7th Baron Dacre Bessie Fiennes (1498–1540), née Bessie Blount, a mistress...
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  • conservation, and sewed clothing for soldiers. The CACD was disbanded following the end of the war in late 1919. Blount was heavily involved with Mason organizations...
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    Robert Willoughby, 2nd Baron Willoughby de Broke (category 15th-century English people)
    jure 10th Baron Latimer, KB (1472 – 10 November 1521) was an English nobleman and soldier. Robert Willoughby was born about 1470–1472 (aged 30 in 1502...
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    conflict (1600–1601) more than 18,000 soldiers were fighting in the English army in Ireland. By contrast, the English army assisting the Dutch during the...
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    Wiley Blount Rutledge Jr. (July 20, 1894 – September 10, 1949) was an American jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United...
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  • John Hurley (Jacobite) (category Use Hiberno-English from January 2022)
    Hurly, 3rd Baronet, who was an M.P. for Kilmallock in 1689 and married Mary Blount, and a grandson of Sir Maurice Hurley of Knocklong, eldest son of Sir Thomas...
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    Edward Cromwell, 3rd Baron Cromwell (category English soldiers)
    served the State in the wars." Cromwell alienated all of his English property to Charles Blount, lord Mountjoy, and settled in Ireland. On 13 September 1605...
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    Elizabeth I (category Use British English from September 2013)
    returned to England in defiance of her orders. He was replaced by Charles Blount, who took three years to defeat the rebels. O'Neill finally surrendered...
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  • Christopher Newport, sea captain (died 1617 in Java) 1562 January – Edward Blount, printer (died 1632) 19 October – George Abbot, Archbishop of Canterbury...
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    Teachinghistory.org, accessed 1 October 2011. James H Blount, Report of U.S. Special Commissioner James H. Blount to U.S. Secretary of State Walter Q. Gresham...
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    Lettice Knollys (category Blount family)
    after Leicester's death, Lettice married Sir Christopher Blount, a relatively poor Catholic soldier 12 years her junior, who had been the Earl of Leicester's...
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    Garret Barry, also called Gerat (died 1646), was an Irish soldier and military writer, who fought for Spain in the Eighty Years' War and then for the...
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    Macbeth (category Use British English from August 2011)
    child Attendants, Messengers, Servants, Soldiers A principal source comes from the Daemonologie of King James published in 1597 which included a news...
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    Treaty of London (1604) (category James VI and I)
    (1563–1612), Secretary of State, James I's leading minister Charles Blount, 1st Earl of Devonshire (1563–1606), soldier Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset...
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  • 1679 in literature (category Use British English from July 2020)
    – William Gurnall, English writer and cleric (born 1617) October 26 – Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery Irish dramatist and soldier (born 1621) December...
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    James Knox Polk (/poʊk/; November 2, 1795 – June 15, 1849) was the 11th president of the United States, serving from 1845 to 1849. A protégé of Andrew...
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