William Blount (Totnes MP)
William Blount (April 1799 – 27 July 1885[1]) was an English barrister and politician who was briefly a member of parliament (MP).
Blount lived at Orleton in Herefordshire. He studied at Gray's Inn from 1827, and became a barrister in 1833. In 1867, he became a bencher at Gray's Inn.[2]
Blount was elected MP for Totnes in the 1839 by-election. That by-election returned two members, Blount and Charles Barry Baldwin. The by-election was subsequently voided.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Burke, Bernard (1898). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland. Harrison & Sons.
- ^ Joseph Foster (1885). Men-at-the-bar: A Biographical Hand-list of the Members of the Various Inns. London and Aylesbury. p. 42.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Journals of the House of Commons, Volume 95. 1840.
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