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in August 1628, for which he was petitioning for payment in the following years. His appointment as Master of
Ordnance for his lifetime was granted on 31 August 1634; as was expected in the seventeenth century, he derived a tidy fortune from the position. From his sale of
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The masque, played before the King to celebrate the arrival of the French ambassador, has been rediscovered; see
Timothy Raylor, "The Lost Essex House Masque (1621): A Manuscript Text Discovered,".
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of
Royalist officers at Portsmouth to take London by surprise, seize the Tower and somehow rescue the king. Goring betrayed the plot to Newport, who passed on the information to
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at exorbitant prices, through the
Spanish ambassador, to supply the Spanish fleet attacking Dutch forces in September 1639, he pocketed £1000, and the King, £5000.
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on 8 November. He was however released soon after. He held a rear-admiral's command in the ineffective expedition to
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on 8 January 1620/1621. He was part of the entourage that accompanied
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through Paris incognito on his way to Spain at the time of negotiations towards the ill-starred "
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to 12 February 1666) was an
English courtier and politician who held a number of positions under
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By his own account, he bargained with the ambassador to land soldiers from the
Spanish fleet at
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in 1660, he regained some of his old influence, but age and ill health were taking their toll.
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Smith, David L. (2004). "Blount, Mountjoy, first earl of
Newport (c. 1597–1666)".
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Smut, R Malcolm (2004). "Rich, Henry, first earl of
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Woodward 1955:310; almost the last of the masques, its words were by Sir
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the next year, Newport by degrees joined the forces of opposition in the
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Mountjoy Blount was born circa 1597, one of four children born to
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Usher, Brett (2004). "Rich, Robert, first earl of Warwick".
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On 7 February 1627, he married Anne Boteler, a niece of
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Royalist military personnel of the English Civil War
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In July 1627, he was created Earl of Newport in the
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425:began in August 1642, Newport served in the
588:. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
398:The turning point came during the trial of
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921:Burials at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford
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289:George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham
257:(1563-1607). His mother was married to
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271:Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex
251:Charles Blount, 8th Baron Mountjoy
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276:This made Blount half-brother to
44:double portrait with Baron Goring
653:Dictionary of National Biography
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444:On 12 February 1666, he died at
431:second battle of Newbury in 1644
359:in 1627 but was captured at the
278:Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick
259:Robert Rich, 1st Earl of Warwick
448:where he had gone to avoid the
325:James Hay, 1st Earl of Carlisle
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255:Penelope Rich, Lady Rich
207:Second Battle of Newbury
632:Encyclopædia Britannica
423:First English Civil War
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174:Courtier and politician
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452:, and was buried in
231:Charles I of England
26:The Right Honourable
790:Sir William Compton
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402:in 1641, when Col.
365:relieve La Rochelle
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840:Peerage of Ireland
798:Peerage of England
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385:Philogenes
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