The Blount Baronetcy, of Sodington in the County of Worcester, was created in the Baronetage of England on 5 October 1642 for Walter Blount, High Sheriff of Worcestershire in 1619 and Member of Parliament for Droitwich from 1624 to 1625.

[3] The title descended in the direct line until the death of his grandson, the third Baronet, in 1717.

He died childless and was succeeded by his younger brother, the sixth Baronet.

Sir Edward Charles Blount (1809–1905), son of Edward Blount, Member of Parliament for Steyning, second son of the sixth Baronet, was an important banker and railway promoter in France.

Lady Elizabeth Blount who had married the 9th baronet was a leading exponent of the Flat Earth idea.