Colonel John Blennerhassett

Colonel John Blennerhassett held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for County Kerry between 1709 and 1713.

He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Tralee between 1713 and 1715.

He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for County Kerry between 1715 and 1727.

He was signed a family compact with Sir Maurice Crosbie, of Ardfert, and Arthur Denny, of Tralee, partitioning the county representation among the three families in 1727.

He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Tralee between 1727 and 1760.

Colonel John Blennerhassett also went by the nick-name of 'the great Colonel John'.

He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for County Kerry between 1761 and 1768.

He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for County Kerry between 1768 and 1775.

He lived at Ballyseedy, County Kerry, Ireland, and at Little Cuffe Street, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland.

• Burke, Bernard, Sir. A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Great Britain & Ireland 6th ed. London : Harrison 1879. Vol I. page 148

John Blennerhassett (1691–1775) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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.

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.