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Blennerhassett baronets

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The Blennerhassett Baronetcy of Blennerville in the County of Kerry, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 22 September 1809 for the Anglo-Irish lawyer Rowland Blennerhassett,[1][2] He was from a family originally from Cumberland, England, that settled in County Kerry during the reign of James I and represented County Kerry and Tralee in the Irish House of Commons.

The 2nd Baronet was High Sheriff of Kerry in 1823. The 4th Baronet was a Liberal politician.

Blennerhassett baronets, of Blennerville (1809)

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The heir apparent is the current baronet's only son Benjamin Casimir Marmaduke Blennerhassett (born 2015)[9]

Extended family

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Rowland Ponsonby Blennerhassett, grandson of Rowland Blennerhassett, fourth son of the 1st Baronet, represented County Kerry in the House of Commons, elected in 1872.[10]

Notes

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  1. ^ "No. 16293". The London Gazette. 29 August 1809. p. 1384.
  2. ^ John Debrett, The Baronetage of England (F.C. and J. Rivington, 1819), 1178-9.
  3. ^ a b c d Foster, Joseph (1883). The Baronetage and Knightage of the British Empire. Westminster: Nichols and Sons. p. 51.
  4. ^ "Blennerhassett, Rt Hon. Sir Rowland". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  5. ^ "Blennerhassett, Sir Arthur Charles Francis Bernard". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  6. ^ "Blennerhassett, Sir Marmaduke Charles Henry Joseph". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  7. ^ "Blennerhassett, Sir (Marmaduke) Adrian (Francis William)". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  8. ^ "Death announcement: BLENNERHASSETT". The Daily Telegraph. London. 22 April 2022.
  9. ^ a b "Blennerhassett, Sir Charles Henry Marmaduke". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  10. ^ Mair, Robert Henry (1882). Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench. Dean and Son. p. 21.
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Blennerhassett baronets
of Blennerville

22 September 1809
Succeeded by