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 Rowland Blennerhassett, the member of a family that was originally settled in Cumberland,

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, and subsequently at Frenze,

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, and Barsham, Suffolk. Members of the Blennerhassett family represented Carlisle in almost every Parliament from the reign of Richard II to the reign of

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. This branch of the family settled in County Kerry during the reign of James I and its members frequently represented County Kerry and Tralee in the

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. The first Baronet's son, the second Baronet, was High Sheriff of Kerry in 1823. He was succeeded by his son, the third Baronet. He served as High Sheriff of County Kerry in 1820. His son, the fourth Baronet, was a

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politician. Rowland Blennerhassett, grandson of Rowland Blennerhassett, fourth son of the first Baronet, represented County Kerry in the

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Blennerhassett baronets, of Blennerville (1809)

Sir Rowland Blennerhassett, 1st Baronet Colonel Sir Rowland Blennerhassett, 1st Baronet (1741 - 14 March 1821) was an Anglo-Irish lawyer and baronet. Life Blennerhassett was the son of Robert Blennerhassett and Frances Yielding. He was the great-grandson of Robert Blennerhassett MP.Jo ...

(1741–1821) * Sir Robert Blennerhassett, 2nd Baronet (1769–1831) * Sir Arthur Blennerhassett, 3rd Baronet (1794–1849) *

Sir Rowland Blennerhassett, 4th Baronet Sir Rowland Blennerhassett, 4th Baronet (5 September 1839 – 22 March 1909) was a Roman Catholic Anglo-Irish baronet and Liberal Party politician from County Kerry. Life Blennerhassett was the son of Sir Arthur Blennerhassett, 3rd Baronet, whos ...

(1839–1909) * Sir Arthur Charles Francis Bernard Blennerhassett, 5th Baronet (1871–1915) * Sir Marmaduke Charles Henry Joseph Blennerhassett, 6th Baronet (1902–1940) * Sir (Marmaduke) Adrian Francis William Blennerhassett, 7th Baronet (1940–2022) * Sir Charles Henry Marmaduke Blennerhassett, 8th Baronet (born 1975) The

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is the current baronet's only son Benjamin Casimir Marmaduke Blennerhassett (born 2015)

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References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, *
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