| Authorised form of name | Blount; Thomas (c 1604 -); landowner and local politician |
| Other forms of surname | Blunt |
| Dates | c 1604 - |
| Nationality | British |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
St Luke's church, Charlton, London, England (2 December 1678) |
| Occupation | Soldier; Politician |
| Activity | Education:
Brasenose College, Oxford (matriculated 1623); Gray's Inn (admitted 1624)
Career:
Informed on meeting of Royalists at Maidstone, Kent, to Parliament (1642); Colonel in Parliamentary Army; imprisoned on return of Charles II (1660), later released; inventor of improved carriage
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 08/02/1665 |
| Proposer | John Wilkins |
| Date of ejection or withdrawal | 11 January 1668 |
| Other Royal Society activity | Published a report on his new design for a carriage, previously discussed with Pepys, Brouncker, Wilkins and Robert Hooke (FRS 1663); Researched wines and spirits (c.1666) |
| Relationships | Parents: Edward Blount and Fortune Garway (Garraway)
Married: Sarah Wood
Children: four overall, including Thomas Blount |
| OtherInfo | In his political career, Blount supported the parliamentarian cause and he was an active part of the Hale Commission for law reform in 1652. During the 1650s and 1660s, he became acquainted with multiple well-known figures of scholarship and natural philosophy, Robert Boyle (FRS 1660), John Wilkins (FRS 1660), as well as John Evelyn (FRS 1663) and William Brouncker (FRS 1660). |
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| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Foster; Hunter; ODNB
References:
Hunter, M. 1976-7. 'The Social Bias and Changing Fortunes of an Early Scientific Institution: An Analysis of the Membership of the Royal Society, 1660-1685', vol. 31, pp. 9-114
Notes:
There is much uncertainty surrounding his year of birth, with the general range lying between 1604-1606 in most sources. |
| Code | NA1496 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| CLP/3i/20 | Paper, 'A triall of a chariot' by Colonel [Thomas] Blount | 8 April 1665 |
| DM/5/74 | 'Desiderata recommended to Col Blunt' | c.1665-1666 |
| CLP/3i/21 | Paper, 'Reasons why 4 wheeles are better than 2 in chariotts' by [Thomas Blount] | 26 March 1667 |