Sir Rowland Blennerhassett, 4th Baronet

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Sir Rowland Blennerhassett, 4th Baronet PC, JP (5 September 1839 – 22 May 1909) was an Irish Liberal Party politician from County Kerry.

Blennerhasset was the son of Sir Arthur Blennerhassett, 3rd Baronet (whose ancestors had settled in Kerry under Queen Elizabeth) and Sarah Mahony. He married Countess Charlotte de Leyden on 9 June 1870. He sat as Member of Parliament for Galway Borough from 1865 to 1874 and for County Kerry from 1880 to 1885. He was also a Justice of Peace. In 1905 he was sworn of the Irish Privy Council.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
John Orrell Lever
Ulick Canning de Burgh		 Member of Parliament for Galway Borough
with Rowland Blennerhassett
1865–1874		 Succeeded by
Frank Hugh O'Donnell
George Morris
Preceded by
Henry Arthur Herbert
Rowland Blennerhassett		 Member of Parliament for Kerry
with Rowland Blennerhassett
1880–1885		 Succeeded by
(constituency abolished)
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Arthur Blennerhassett		 Baronet
(of Blennerville, County Kerry)
1849–1909		 Succeeded by
Arthur Blennerhassett
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