Mountjoy Blount, 1st Earl of Newport

The Right Honourable The Earl of Newport
The Earl of Newport: detail from a double portrait with Baron Goring by Sir Anthony van Dyck.
Master-General of the Ordnance
In office 1634–1642
Personal details
Born	c. 1597 London
Died	12 February 1666(1666-02-12) (aged 68) St Aldate's, Oxford
Resting place	Christ Church, Oxford
Spouse	Anne Boteler (1627-his death)
Children	8, including Mountjoy, Thomas, Henry
Parent(s)	Charles Blount, 8th Baron Mountjoy Penelope Rich
Occupation	Courtier and politician
Military service
Battles/wars	Anglo-French War (1627–1629) St Martin-de-Ré Wars of the Three Kingdoms Newburn; Second Battle of Newbury;

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 I of England and supported the Royalists in the First English Civil War.