Christopher Blount

Sir Christopher Blount (1555/1556[1] – 18 March 1601) was an English soldier, secret agent, and rebel.

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.

[4] He corresponded with Thomas Morgan in Paris, the exiled agent of Mary, Queen of Scots.

[5] In his dealings with Morgan, Blount probably had the backing of Leicester and Francis Walsingham, Queen Elizabeth's spymaster.

[clarification needed][8] Accordingly, Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, Lettice's son and the new favourite of the Queen, termed this an "unhappy choice".

Blount's stepson, the Earl of Essex . Blount was a conspirator in the rebellion of 1601.