Rowland Ponsonby Blennerhassett

Rowland Ponsonby Blennerhassett KC, JP (22 July 1850 – 7 April 1913)^[1] was an Irish politician.

Early life

He was the only son of Richard Francis Blennerhassett and his wife Honoria Ponsonby, daughter of William Carrique Ponsonby.^[2] Blennerhassett was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and at Christ Church, Oxford.^[3]

Career

In a by-election in 1872, he entered the British House of Commons and sat as Member of Parliament (MP) for Kerry until 1885.^[1] Blennerhassett was called to the bar by the Inner Temple in 1878,^[3] and in April 1894 became bencher and a King's Counsel.^[2]^[4] He was a Justice of the Peace for Kerry.^[3]

Personal life

On 21 September 1876, he married Mary Beatrice Armstrong, youngest daughter of the art historian Walter Armstrong.^[5] They had one son.^[5] Mary Beatrice is buried in the Armstrong family vault on the inside of the Lebanon Circle in Highgate Cemetery.

References

^ ^a ^b "Leigh Rayment - British House of Commons, Kerry". Archived from the original on 10 August 2009. Retrieved 6 May 2009.
^ ^a ^b "ThePeerage - Rowland Ponsonby Blennerhassett". Retrieved 19 March 2007.
^ ^a ^b ^c Debrett, John (1881). Robert Henry Mair (ed.). Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench. London: Dean & Son. p. 20.
^ "No. 26501". The London Gazette. 6 April 1894. p. 1954.
^ ^a ^b Burke, Bernhard (1912). Arthur Charles Fox-Davies (ed.). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland. London: Harrison & Sons.

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Rowland Ponsonby Blennerhassett

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Preceded by Henry Arthur Herbert Viscount Castlerosse	Member of Parliament for Kerry 1872 – 1885 With: Henry Arthur Herbert 1872–1880 Sir Rowland Blennerhassett, 4th Bt 1880–1885	Constituency abolished

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[Rayment-1] "Leigh Rayment - British House of Commons, Kerry". Archived from the original on 10 August 2009. Retrieved 6 May 2009.

[thePeerage-2] "ThePeerage - Rowland Ponsonby Blennerhassett". Retrieved 19 March 2007.

[Debrett-3] Debrett, John (1881). Robert Henry Mair (ed.). Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench. London: Dean & Son. p. 20.

[4] "No. 26501". The London Gazette. 6 April 1894. p. 1954.

[Gentry-5] Burke, Bernhard (1912). Arthur Charles Fox-Davies (ed.). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland. London: Harrison & Sons.

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