Sir Christopher Peyton was an English lawyer known for his service in Ireland where he oversaw the Peyton Survey, a preliminary investigation in preparation for the Plantation of Munster. He was made Auditor General of Ireland, and knighted by James I for his service. He was the youngerson of Christopher Peyton of St Edmundsbury;his mother, Joanna (Mildmay) Peyton, was the sister of Sir Walter Mildmay, Chancellor of the Exchequer of England.
He marriedAnne Palmer, daughter of William Palmer of Warwickshire and had three daughters, Anne,Cicely and Thomasine. Through Anneand her second husband, the thirdSir Henry Colley of Castle Carbury,he was ancestor of the Duke of Wellington. The son of singer James Blunt (born 2016) is a direct descendant.