Sir Thomas Pope Blount, 1st Baronet (12 September 1649 - 27 January 1697) was an English baronet.
Thomas Pope Blount was born on 12 September 1649 in Islington, London, son of Sir Henry Blount and Hester Wane. He married on July 22, 1669 Jane Caesar, the daughter of Sir Henry Caesar.
He was admitted to Lincoln's Inn on December 1, 1668. In December 1678 he succeeded to the estate of Tittenhanger in Hertfordshire from his mother. He was the Member of Parliament for St Albans between 1679 and 1681 and for Hertfordshire between 1689 and 1697. He was a Commissioner of Public Accounts between 1694 and 1697.
He was created a Baronet, of Tittenhanger on January 27, 1679. On his death in Tittenhanger the title passed to his son, Sir Thomas Pope Blount, 2nd Baronet.
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Blount Baronets 1679–1697 |
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