John Blennerhassett (1691–1775)

Colonel John Blennerhassett (1691 – 5 May 1775) was an Anglo-Irish politician who represented two constituencies in the Irish House of Commons between 1709 and 1775.[1]

Blennerhassett was born in County Kerry, the eldest son of John Blennerhassett and Margaret Crosbie. He served in the Kerry Militia and was a colonel by 1756. He was first elected as a Member of Parliament in 1709, taking his father's seat representing County Kerry.[2] Between 1713 and 1715, he was MP for Tralee. He was again returned as the MP for Kerry in 1715, serving until 1727. He served as High Sheriff of Kerry in 1717. Between 1727 and 1760, he served as the MP for Tralee, before serving as MP for Kerry for a third period between 1761 and his death in 1775. He was Father of the Irish House of Commons.[citation needed]

He married Jane Denny, with whom he had two sons, John and Arthur, and four daughters, including Mary, who married Lancelot Crosbie, who like his father-in-law was MP for Kerry.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Sir Bernard Burke, A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland (1899), 48.
  2. ^ a b ThePeerage.com (entry #279655) http://thepeerage.com/p27966.htm#i279655
Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by Member of Parliament for County Kerry
1709–1713
With: Edward Denny
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Tralee
1713–1715
With: Samuel Morris
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for County Kerry
1715–1727
With: Sir Maurice Crosbie
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Tralee
1727–1760
With: Arthur Blennerhassett (1727–1743)
Arthur Blennerhassett (1743–1760)
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for County Kerry
1761–1775
With: Viscount FitzMaurice
John Blennerhassett (1762–1763)
Thomas FitzMaurice (1763–1768)
Barry Denny (1768–1775)
Succeeded by