Sir John Blunden, 1st Baronet

Sir John Blunden, 1st Baronet (c. 1718 – January 1783)[1] was an Irish baronet and politician.

He was the only son of John Blunden and his wife Martha Cuffe, daughter of Agmondesham Cuffe.[2] In 1739, Blunden was called to the bar at the Middle Temple and worked then as barrister. He was appointed Mayor of Kilkenny in 1753[3] and served as recorder of that city until his death.[4]

Blunden entered the Irish House of Commons in 1761, sitting for Kilkenny City, the same constituency his father had also represented, until 1776.[1] On 12 March 1766, he was created a baronet, of Blunden Castle, in the County of Kilkenny.[5]

On 25 February 1755, he married his cousin Susanna, daughter of John Cuffe, 1st Baron Desart and had by her three sons and four daughters.[2] Blunden died at Castle Blunden in 1783 and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his oldest son John.[6] His third son Overington was a general in the British Army and sat in the Parliament of the United Kingdom.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2006). MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament 1692–1800. Ulster Historical Foundation. p. 71. ISBN 1-903688-60-4.
  2. ^ a b Burke, John (1832). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. Vol. I (4th ed.). London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley. p. 124.
  3. ^ "Kilkenny Borough Council Online - List of Mayors 1609-2003". Retrieved 19 November 2009.
  4. ^ Transactions of the Kilkenny Archaeological Society. Vol. I. Dublin: John O'Daly. 1851. p. 431.
  5. ^ "No. 10601". The London Gazette. 15 February 1766. p. 2.
  6. ^ "ThePeerage - Sir John Blunden, 1st Bt". Retrieved 19 November 2009.
  7. ^ "Leigh Rayment - British House of Commons, Kilkenny". Archived from the original on 10 August 2009. Retrieved 19 November 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Kilkenny City
1761 – 1776
With: Sir William Morres, Bt 1761–1768
Haydocke Evans Morres 1768–1776 		Succeeded by
Baronetage of Ireland
New creation Baronet
(of Castle Blunden)
1766 – 1783 		Succeeded by
John Blunden


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