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Sir Christopher Blount (1555/1556 – 18 March 1601) 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.
18 de mar. de 2023 · On 18th March 1601, just six days before the day of Queen Elizabeth I, soldier, secret agent and rebel Sir Christopher Blount was executed on Tower Hill for high treason. He was accused of treason following his involvement in the rebellion of his stepson, Elizabeth’s former favourite, Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex.
In this second part of This Week in Tudor History, historian Claire Ridgway introduces Sir Christopher Blount, a secret agent and rebel who married his master’s widow and whose stepson, the Earl of Essex was his undoing; Edmund Harman, the man who trimmed and washed King Henry VIII’s hair and beard, and who was rewarded for it; Mary Bassett ...
5 de may. de 2018 · Her third husband, Christopher Blount, joined his stepson’s rebellion against the queen and died on the executioner’s block in 1601. Tallis is strongest on the inner workings of the Knollys and Devereux families and she is especially adept at bringing to life the stories of their women, so often presented as two-dimensional characters in ...
Sir Christopher Blount was executed on 18 March 1601, three weeks after the execution of his stepson, to whom he had been a friend and confidant for many years. Sir Christopher had taken in Mary Cresswell and after he died she was looked after by Lettice.
- Viscountess Hereford, Countess of Essex, Countess of Leicester
8 de nov. de 2022 · Christopher M. Blount is a judge of the Michigan 3rd Circuit Court. He assumed office on April 18, 2022. His current term ends on January 1, 2027. Blount ran in a special election for judge of the Michigan 3rd Circuit Court. He won in the special general election on November 8, 2022.
Politician. 1556 – 1601. 59 Views. 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.
