Christopher Blount

Christopher Blount
Born1555/1556
Died18 March 1601
Cause of deathBeheading
Resting placeSt. Peter ad Vincula, London
NationalityEnglish
Known forSoldier and secret agent
SpouseLettice Knollys
Parent(s)Sir Thomas Blount
Margery Poley

Sir Christopher Blount (1555/1556[1] – 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. After the Earl of Leicester's death he married the Dowager Countess, Lettice Knollys, mother of Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex. Blount became a comrade-in-arms and confidant of the Earl of Essex and was a leading participant in the latter's rebellion in February 1601. About five weeks later he was beheaded on Tower Hill for high treason.

  1. ^ Hammer 2008