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===[[name::John]] [[name::MORDAUNT]], 1st [[personal title::Viscount Mordaunt]] [[date of birth::1626]]-[[date of death::1675|75]]===
 
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[[file:JohnMordaunt.jpg|thumb|Armorial stamp of John Mordaunt (British Armorial Bindings)]]
 
====Biographical Note====
 
====Biographical Note====
 
2nd son of [[family::John Mordaunt]], 5th [[personal title::Baron Mordaunt]] and 1st [[personal title::Earl of Peterborough]] (d.[[date of death::1643]]); brother of [[family::Henry Mordaunt]]. He was involved in various failed royalist uprisings during the interregnum and was subsequently made [[occupation::Lord Lieutenant of Surrey]] and [[occupation::Governor of Windsor Castle]] after the restoration. He remained an unpopular figure until his resignation in 1668.  
 
2nd son of [[family::John Mordaunt]], 5th [[personal title::Baron Mordaunt]] and 1st [[personal title::Earl of Peterborough]] (d.[[date of death::1643]]); brother of [[family::Henry Mordaunt]]. He was involved in various failed royalist uprisings during the interregnum and was subsequently made [[occupation::Lord Lieutenant of Surrey]] and [[occupation::Governor of Windsor Castle]] after the restoration. He remained an unpopular figure until his resignation in 1668.  
  
 
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A few books with his armorial stamp survive.
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A couple of books with Mordaunt's armorial stamp are identified in the Armorials Database; the extent and disposition of his library are not known. His brief will has no mention of books, but left all his personal estate to his wife.
  
 
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*[https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D707126 Will of John Mordaunt, The National Archives PROB 11/348/104].
 
*[https://armorial.library.utoronto.ca/stamp-owners/MOR002 British Armorial Bindings].
 
*[https://armorial.library.utoronto.ca/stamp-owners/MOR002 British Armorial Bindings].
 
*Stater, Victor. [https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/19168 "Mordaunt, John, first Viscount Mordaunt of Avalon (1626–1675), royalist conspirator."] ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''.  
 
*Stater, Victor. [https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/19168 "Mordaunt, John, first Viscount Mordaunt of Avalon (1626–1675), royalist conspirator."] ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''.  

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John MORDAUNT, 1st Viscount Mordaunt 1626-75

Armorial stamp of John Mordaunt (British Armorial Bindings)

Biographical Note

2nd son of John Mordaunt, 5th Baron Mordaunt and 1st Earl of Peterborough (d.1643); brother of Henry Mordaunt. He was involved in various failed royalist uprisings during the interregnum and was subsequently made Lord Lieutenant of Surrey and Governor of Windsor Castle after the restoration. He remained an unpopular figure until his resignation in 1668.

Books

A couple of books with Mordaunt's armorial stamp are identified in the Armorials Database; the extent and disposition of his library are not known. His brief will has no mention of books, but left all his personal estate to his wife.

Sources