Henry Blount ( 1602 - 1682 )

Birth: Tittenhanger, Hertfordshire, England, Europe (15 December 1602) Baptism: Ridge, Hertfordshire, England, Europe (22 December 1602) Death: Tittenhanger, Hertfordshire, England, Europe (9 October 1682) Burial: 11 October 1682 Occupation: Author Education: Free school at St Albans; Trinity College, Oxford (BA 1618); Gray's Inn (admitted 1620) Career: Travelled through Spain, France, and Italy (1629-1632); wrote 'A Voyage into the Levant' (1636) about his travels in the South Eastern Mediterranean; gentleman pensioner to Charles I (1639); took part in the battle of Edgehill for the Royalist cause (1642); appointed by Cromwell to serve on Hales commission for reformation of the criminal code (1652); appointed to the trade and navigation committee (1655); wrote foreword for Walter Rumsey's 'Organon salutis', the first English work on coffee (1657); Sheriff of Hertfordshire (1661) Honours: Kt 1639 Membership: Fellow Election Date: 06/03/1661 Other RSActivity: Proposed on 20 February 1661.