Summary
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) edit
- Sir Rowland Blennerhassett, 1st Baronet (1741–1821)[3]
- Sir Robert Blennerhassett, 2nd Baronet (1769–1831)[3]
- Sir Arthur Blennerhassett, 3rd Baronet (1794–1849)[3]
- Sir Rowland Blennerhassett, 4th Baronet (1839–1909)[3][4]
- Sir Arthur Charles Francis Bernard Blennerhassett, 5th Baronet (1871–1915)[5]
- Sir Marmaduke Charles Henry Joseph Blennerhassett, 6th Baronet (1902–1940)[6]
- Sir (Marmaduke) Adrian Francis William Blennerhassett, 7th Baronet (1940–2022)[7][8]
- Sir Charles Henry Marmaduke Blennerhassett, 8th Baronet (born 1975).[9]
The heir apparent is the current baronet's only son Benjamin Casimir Marmaduke Blennerhassett (born 2015)[9]
Extended family edit
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 edit
- ^ "No. 16293". The London Gazette. 29 August 1809. p. 1384.
- ^ John Debrett, The Baronetage of England (F.C. and J. Rivington, 1819), 1178-9.
- ^ a b c d Foster, Joseph (1883). The Baronetage and Knightage of the British Empire. Westminster: Nichols and Sons. p. 51.
- ^ "Blennerhassett, Rt Hon. Sir Rowland". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Blennerhassett, Sir Arthur Charles Francis Bernard". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Blennerhassett, Sir Marmaduke Charles Henry Joseph". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Blennerhassett, Sir (Marmaduke) Adrian (Francis William)". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Death announcement: BLENNERHASSETT". The Daily Telegraph. London. 22 April 2022.
- ^ a b "Blennerhassett, Sir Charles Henry Marmaduke". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Mair, Robert Henry (1882). Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench. Dean and Son. p. 21.
