Blennerhassett baronets

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.

Blennerhassett Coat of Arms

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

Blennerhassett baronets, of Blennerville (1809)

• 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

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]