Baron Mohun of Okehampton was a title in the Peerage of England

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. It was created on 15 April 1628 for John Mohun

John Mohun, 1st Baron Mohun of Okehampton

John Mohun, 1st Baron Mohun of Okehampton was an English politician.He was the eldest son of Sir Reginald Mohun, 1st Baronet, and was educated at Exeter College, Oxford, graduating in 1608, and joining the Middle Temple...

, who had earlier represented Grampound

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 in Parliament. He was the son of Reginald Mohun, who had been created a Baronet, of Boconnoc

Boconnoc

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 in the County of Cornwall

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, in the Baronetage of England on 25 November 1611. Sir Reginald Mohun subsequently sat as Member of Parliament

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 for East Looe

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 and Lostwithiel

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. In 1639, eleven years after his elevation to the peerage, Lord Mohun of Okehampton succeeded his father in the baronetcy. The fourth Baron was best known for his frequent participation in duel

Duel

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s and his reputation as a rake

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. The titles became extinct on his death on 15 November 1712.

The family surname was pronounced "Moon".

Mohun Baronets, of Boconnoc (1611)

• Sir Reginald Mohun, 1st Baronet (c. 1564–1639)
• Sir John Mohun, 2nd Baronet
  John Mohun, 1st Baron Mohun of Okehampton
  John Mohun, 1st Baron Mohun of Okehampton was an English politician.He was the eldest son of Sir Reginald Mohun, 1st Baronet, and was educated at Exeter College, Oxford, graduating in 1608, and joining the Middle Temple...
  
   (1596–1640) (had been created Baron Mohun of Okehampton in 1628)

Barons Mohun of Okehampton (1628)

• John Mohun, 1st Baron Mohun of Okehampton
  John Mohun, 1st Baron Mohun of Okehampton
  John Mohun, 1st Baron Mohun of Okehampton was an English politician.He was the eldest son of Sir Reginald Mohun, 1st Baronet, and was educated at Exeter College, Oxford, graduating in 1608, and joining the Middle Temple...
  
   (1595–1640)
• Warwick Mohun, 2nd Baron Mohun of Okehampton
  Warwick Mohun, 2nd Baron Mohun of Okehampton
  Warwick Mohun, 2nd Baron Mohun of Okehampton was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1640 until he inherited his peerage and sat in the House of Lords....
  
   (1620–1665)
• Charles Mohun, 3rd Baron Mohun of Okehampton (c. 1645–1677)
• Charles Mohun, 4th Baron Mohun of Okehampton (1677–1712)