EXTRACTS FROM THE FAMILY TREES OF
CHARLES BLOUNT, 8th LORD MOUNTJOY - LORD DEPUTY/LIEUTENANT OF IRELAND 1600-04
AND OLIVER ST JOHN, 1st VISCOUNT GRANDISON - LORD LIEUTENANT OF IRELAND 1615-22

Sir Thomas Blount (d 1456, Treasurer of Normandy) younger brother of Sir John Blount, Governor of Calais m1. Margaret Gresley (dau of Sir Thomas Gresley of Gresley)
1.	Sir Walter BLOUNT, 1st Lord Mountjoy (b c1420, d 01.08.1474) m1. (by 1442) Ellen Byron (dau of Sir John Byron of Clayton)
	A.	William Blount (dvp after 1471) m. Margaret Echingham (d 1481, dau of Sir Thomas Echingham of Etchingham)
		i.	John Blount (dsp)
		ii.	Edward Blount, 2nd Lord Mountjoy (b c1464, d 01.12.1475) m. (1475) Anne Cobham (d 26.06.1526, dau of Sir Thomas Cobham)
	B.	John Blount, Governor of Guisnes, 3rd Lord Mountjoy (d 12.10.1485) m. (by 1477) Lora Berkeley (d c12.1501, dau of Sir Edward Berkeley of Beverton Castle)
		i.	William Blount, 4th Lord Mountjoy (b c1478, d 08.11.1534) m3. (before 15.02.1514/5) Alice Keble (d 08.06.1521, dau of Henry Keble, Lord Mayor of London)
			a.	Charles Blount, 5th Lord Mountjoy (b 28.06.1516, d 10.10.1544) m. (c08.1530) Anne Willoughby (d 24.12.1582, dau of Robert Willoughby, 2nd Lord de Broke)
				(1)	James Blount, 6th Lord Mountjoy (b c1533, d 20.10.1581) m. (1558) Catherine Leigh (bur 25.06.1576, dau of Sir Thomas Leigh of St. Oswalds)
					(A)	William Blount, 7th Lord Mountjoy (b c10.1561, d unm bur 23.07.1594)
					(B)	Charles Blount, 8th Lord Mountjoy, Earl of Devonshire b c1562, d 03.04.1606) Lord Deputy of Ireland from 21JAN1600, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from 25APR1603 untill succeeded by Sir Arthur Chichester (Lord Deputy) 15OCT1604
						p/m. (26.12.1605) Penelope Devereux (d 07.07.1607, dau of Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex) The children of this marriage were born whilst Penelope was married to Robert Rich, 1st Earl of Warwick, and so were illegitimate.
2.	Sir Thomas Blount of Milton (or Melton) Ross (d 1468)
	m1. Anna Hally (dau of John Hally)
	m2. Margaret Clifton (dau of Gervase Clifton of Clifton)
	C.	Richard Blount of Iver, Sheriff of Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire (d 30.11.1508)
		m. Elizabeth (or Dorothy) de la Ford (dau of William de la Ford of Iver)
		i.	Sir Richard Blount of Maple Durham Gurney (d 09/11.08.1564)
			m. Eizabeth Lister (d 1582, dau of Sir Richard Lister, Chief Justice)
			a.	Sir Michael Blount of Maple Durham or Mapledurham, Sheriff of Buckinghamshire then Oxfordshire (b 1529, a 1597)
				m. Mary Moore (d 23.12.1592, sister of Thomas Moore of Bicester)
			b.	Sir Richard Blount
				m. Elizabeth West (d 1595, dau of Sir William West, 1st Lord De La War)
			c.	Elizabeth Blount
				m. Nicholas St. John of Lydiard Tregoze (d 1589)
				(1)	Sir John St. John of Lydiard Tregoze
					m. Lucy Hungerford (dau of Sir Walter Hungerford of Farley)
					(A)	Sir John St. John, 1st Bart of Lydiard Tregoze and Battersea, Sheriff of Wiltshire (d 1648)
						m1. Anne Leighton (d 1628, dau of Sir Thomas Leighton of Feckenham)
						m2. Margaret (widow of Sir Richard Grubham)
					(B)	Barbara St. John (bur 16.09.1672)
						m. Sir Edward Villiers (d 07.09.1626)
				(2)	Oliver St John, 1st Viscount Grandison (dsp 30.12.1630) Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from 2JLY1615, succeeding Sir Arthur Chichester (Lord Deputy), until succeeded by Henry Cary, 1st Viscount of Falkland (Lord Deputy) 4FEB1622
					NOTE: Viscount Grandison of Limerick is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1620 for Sir Oliver St John, the Chief Governor of Ireland, with special remainder to the male issue of his niece Barbara Villiers, wife of Sir Edward Villiers, elder half-brother of George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, Christopher Villiers, 1st Earl of Anglesey and John Villiers, 1st Viscount Purbeck. In 1626 he was also created Baron Tregoz in the Peerage of England, with remainder to the heirs male of his body. St John was the descendant and namesake of Oliver St John, whose elder brother Sir John St John was the ancestor of the Barons St John of Bletso and the Earls of Bolingbroke. Moreover, St John's nephew Sir John St John, 1st Baronet, of Lydiard Tregoze, was the ancestor of the Viscounts Bolingbroke and the Viscounts St John. On Lord Grandison of Limerick's death in 1630 the Barony of Tregoz became extinct as he left no male heirs. [Source: Wikipedia]
				(5)	Elizabeth St. John (probably of this generation)
					m. (1575) Sir Richard St. George of Hatley St. George (d 17.05.1635, Clarenceaux King of Arms)

SOURCE: Stirnet Genealogy Families Database, which is mainly based on:-
BLOUNT OF MOUNTJOY AND DEVON - 'Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire by Burke' (1883 edition). (CARE: it appears to be at least partly responsible for the propagation of several genealogy howlers)
MOUNTJOY - 'The Complete Peerage' (or 'A History of the House of Lords and all its Members from the Earliest Times'); based on work by George Edward Cokayne (Clarenceux King of Arms, died 1911) and published in 12 volumes from 1910 to 1959 (volume XII in two parts) by The St. Catherine Press; each volume was edited by one or more of Vicary Gibbs, HA Doubleday, Lord Howard de Walton, Geoffrey H. White and R.S. Lea; volume XIII was added in 1940 for new creations from 1901 to 1938; a volume XIV was created in 1998 for "addenda and corrigenda". (respected as one of the most reliable sources)
DARELL-BLOUNT OF MAPLE DURHAM - 'Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry', 7th Edition pub Sir Bernard Burke 1886). (CARE: most of the information shown was obtained from the families involved and so is variable in its reliability)
ST. JOHN - 'A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage'by Sir Bernard Burke, 92nd edition (pub Burke's Peerage Ltd 1934. (CARE: most of the information shown was obtained from the families involved and so is variable in its reliability)