Sir Francis Blundell, 3rd Baronet

Sir Francis Blundell, 3rd Baronet (30 January 1643 – 1707)[1] was an Irish baronet and politician.

He was the son of Sir George Blundell, 2nd Baronet and his wife Sarah Colley, daughter of Sir William Colley.[2] In 1675, he succeeded his father as baronet.[1] The year before he and his two brothers killed the 3rd Viscount Tara, however were acquitted by a pardon of the king.[3] Following the Glorious Revolution in 1689, he was attainted by the Parliament of King James II of England.[2] In 1692, Blundell was returned to the Irish House of Commons for King's County, and represented the constituency until his death in 1707.[4]

On 1 December 1771, Blundell married firstly Ursula Davys, daughter of Sir Paul Davys.[2] She died already two years later, and he married secondly Anne Ingoldsby, only daughter of Sir Henry Ingoldsby, 1st Baronet in 1675.[2] By his second wife, Blundell had a daughter and a son, Montague, who succeeded to the baronetcy and was later elevated to the Peerage of Ireland as Viscount Blundell.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Leigh Rayment - Baronetage". http://www.leighrayment.com/baronetage/baronetsB4.htm. Retrieved 19 April 2009. 
  2. ^ a b c d "ThePeerage - Sir Francis Blundell, 3rd Bt". http://thepeerage.com/p13742.htm#i137419. Retrieved 19 April 2009. 
  3. ^ 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. pp. 529. 
  4. ^ "Leigh Rayment - Irish House of Commons 1692-1800". http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/irelandcommons.htm. Retrieved 19 April 2009. 
  5. ^ Burke, John (1841). John Bernhard Burke. ed. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland and Scotland (2nd ed.). London: Scott, Webster, and Geary. pp. 600. 
Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by
Unknown		 Member of Parliament for King's County
1692 – 1707
With: Sir William Parsons		 Succeeded by
Sir William Parsons, 2nd Bt
William Purefoy
Baronetage of Ireland
Preceded by
George Blundell		 Baronet
 (of Edendeny)
1675 – 1707		 Succeeded by
Montague Blundell