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 [Sir Sir Rowland Blennerhassett, 1st Baronet|Rowland Blennerhassett, 1st Baronet|Rowland Blennerhassett], 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)

The heir apparent is the current baronet's only son Benjamin Casimir Marmaduke Blennerhassett

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.