Walter Blount, 1st Baron Mountjoy

Walter Blount, 1st Baron Mountjoy, KG (c. 1416 – 1 August 1474) was an English politician.

[1] He succeeded his father, Sir Thomas Blount, as Treasurer of Calais in 1460, becoming governor a year later as a reward for service rendered to King Edward IV at the Battle of Towton.

Blount's great-grandfather had married Isolda, daughter and heiress of Sir Thomas de Mountjoy, and the title was probably chosen to commemorate this alliance.

On his death on 1 August 1474 in Greyfriars, London, his grandson Edward Blount, 2nd Baron Mountjoy inherited his title.

His eldest son (and Edward's father) Sir William Blount had been killed at the Battle of Barnet in 1471.

Arms of Sir Walter Blount, 1st Baron Mountjoy, KG: Quarterly , 1st: Argent, two wolves passant sable on a bordure of the first eight saltires gules (Ayala); 2nd: Or, a tower azure (Mountjoy); 3rd: Barry undé or and sable (Blount); 4th: Vair (Gresley).
Garter stall plate of Walter Blount, 1st Baron Mountjoy, KG , St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle