Charles Blount, 8th Baron Mountjoy
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Charles Brooke Blount, 1st Earl of Devonshire, KG, was an English nobleman and soldier who served as Lord Deputy of Ireland under Elizabeth I, and later as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland under James I. He was instrumental in forcing the Irish confederacy's surrender in the Nine Years' War.
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Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, was Mountjoy's rival and later close friend.
Portrait of Mountjoy by unknown artist, c. 1594![Engraving of Mountjoy, circa 1612-1616[24]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/MountjoyCharles.jpg/1280px-MountjoyCharles.jpg)
Engraving of Mountjoy, circa 1612-1616[24]
1775 print by Valentine Green, after a portrait by Paul van Somer I
Portrait from before 1619
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Charles Brooke Blount, 1st Earl of Devonshire, KG, was an English nobleman and soldier who served as Lord Deputy of Ireland under Elizabeth I, and later as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland under James I. He was instrumental in forcing the Irish confederacy's surrender in the Nine Years' War. He is also known for his scandalous affair with married noblewoman Penelope Rich, whom he later married.
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