John Blennerhassett (1769–1794) Explained

John Blennerhassett (1769 – 6 July 1794) was an Anglo-Irish politician.

Blennerhassett was the son of William Blennerhassett and Catherine Johnson, and the great-grandson of John Blennerhassett. He was educated at Trinity College Dublin, graduating with a master's in 1792. Between 1790 and his death in 1794 Blennerhassett sat in the Irish House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for County Kerry.[1] He was unmarried when he died.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Sir Bernard Burke, A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland (1899), p.48.
  2. ThePeerage.com (entry #279675) http://thepeerage.com/p27968.htm#i279675 (Accessed 13 June 2015)