Edward Blount (MP)
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Edward Blount (18 July 1769 – 20 March 1843){{Rayment-hc|s|5|date=March 2012}} was a British politician, and activist in the cause of civil rights for Roman Catholics. He was a Whig Member of Parliament for Steyning, Sussex from 1830 till the constituency was abolished in 1832.{{cite book
|last=Stooks Smith
|first=Henry.
|editor=Craig, F. W. S.
|editor-link=F. W. S. Craig
|title=The Parliaments of England
|orig-date=1844-1850
|edition=2nd
|year=1973
|publisher=Parliamentary Research Services
|location=Chichester
|isbn=0-900178-13-2
|page=[https://archive.org/details/parliamentsofeng0000smit/page/556 556]
}}
References
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- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Blount, Edward (1769–1843), campaigner for Roman Catholic civil rights by H. J. Spencer.
External links
- {{Hansard-contribs | mr-edward-blount | Edward Blount }}
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Category:Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies
Category:Whig (British political party) MPs for English constituencies
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