Background
He inherited his title on the death of his father.
Lord Lieutenant Duke of Norfolk
He inherited his title on the death of his father.
James Blount, 6th Baron Mountjoy, (c 1533 – 1582) was an English peer. He was made a Knight of the Bath at the coronation of Queen Mary (29 September 1553). And was Lord Lieutenant of Dorset in 1559.
Sir William Cecil encouraged him in the manufacture of alum and copperas between 1566 and 1572.
Henry Bennet lauded him in 1561, mentioning also his patronage of Eliseus Bomelius, and the same year Jean Veron dedicated to him an anti-papal tract. They had 5 children, William, Charles, Christopher, Ann and Edward.