Christopher Blount
Politician
1556 – 1601
Who was Christopher Blount?
Sir Christopher Blount was an English soldier, secret agent, and rebel. He served as a leading household officer of Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester. A Catholic, Blount corresponded with Mary, Queen of Scots's Paris agent, Thomas Morgan, probably as a double agent. After the Earl of Leicester's death he married the Dowager Countess, Lettice Knollys, mother of Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex. Blount became a comrade-in-arms and confidant of the Earl of Essex and was a leading participant in the latter's rebellion in February 1601. About five weeks later he was beheaded on Tower Hill for high treason.
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- Born
- 1556
- Spouses
- Nationality
- England
- Died
- Mar 18, 1601
Tower Hill - Resting place
- Church of St Peter ad Vincula
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on July 23, 2013
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