Walter Blount 1st Baron Mountjoy
d. 1474
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Walter Blount fought for Edward the Fourth at Towton, was Treasurer of Calais and then Lord High Treasurer of England, was created Baron Mountjoy in 1465 and a Knight of the Garter in 1472. His second wife was the dowager Duchess of Buckingham, a granddaughter of John of Gaunt; our line runs by the first.
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✓ Sir WALTER BLOUNT, cr. 20 Jun 1465 1st BARON MOUNTJOY; LORD HIGH TREASURER 1465-66; K.G. 1472; fought at TOWTON 29 Mar 1461; d. 1 Aug 1474; m. 1st c.1440 HELENA BYRON (our line - mother of John 3rd Baron); m. 2nd 1467 Anne, Dow. Duchess of Buckingham (da. of Ralph Nevill 1st Earl of Westmorland by Joan BEAUFORT, legitimated da. of JOHN OF GAUNT - no issue, a step-link only, NOT a descent). Source: Cokayne, Complete Peerage (1st edn), 'Mountjoy' pp.398-401, photographed and read 6 Aug 2026; contested rungs note-only, not hardened.