Rowland Blennerhassett Bt MP JP (1839 - 1909)

Born 5 Sep 1839 in Churchtown, County Kerry, Ireland

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Died 22 Mar 1909 at age 69 in London, England

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Biography

His birth was announced in September 1839 as "At Churchtown House, county Kerry, the Lady Blennerhassett, of a son"^[1]. Rowland was the first child of Arthur Blennerhassett and Sarah Mahony .^[2]

Rowland Blennerhasset^[3], as a young boy,^[4]was educated by the English Benedictines at Downside College which was located at The Tything of Downside in Midsomer Norton^[5]. He furthered his education at the Royal University Of Ireland . He was a Member of Parliaments ^[6]for the County Kerry for over twenty years, from 1866 - 1885. He married Countess De Leyden and they had four children. He was also the High Sheriff in Blennerville, County Kerry as well as their 4th Baronet.

Notes: More Information: Adm. Fell.-Com. (age 17, sic) at CHRIST'S, Apr. 29, 1859. S. and h. of Sir Arthur, 3rd Bart., of Church Town House, Co. Kerry, Ireland. B. there Sept. 3, 1839. School, Stonyhurst. Succeeded his father as 4th Bart., 1849. Matric. Easter, 1859. Migrated to Christ Church, Oxford; matric. there Oct. 14, 1859, age 20. Studied at Louvain, Munich and Berlin. Acquainted with Bismarck, Döllinger, and Frenchmen of all parties. A Liberal Roman Catholic. M.P. for Galway, 1865-74; for Co. Kerry, 1874-85. J.P. and D.L. High Sheriff, 1866. A strong opponent of Parnell. Inspector of Industrial and Reformatory Schools in Ireland, 1890-6. President of Queen's College, Cork, 1897-1904. Commissioner of National Education in Ireland. P.C. (Ireland) 1905. Associated with Lord Acton in the management of the Home and Foreign Review, and the Chronicle. Helped to form public opinion on Continental matters, especially as to the aims of the Pan-Germanic movement. Died Mar. 23, 1909. (Peile, II. 561; Al. Oxon.; D.N.B., 2nd Suppl.; Burke, P. and B.)^[7][8]

Family

He was the father of Sir Arthur Charles Francis Bernard Blennerhassett (who succeeded to the title of 5th Baronet Blennerhassett, of Blennerville, county Kerry [U.K., 1809] on 22 May 1909), Marie Carola Franciska Roselyne Blennerhassett, Paul Charles William Marmaduke Rowland Blennerhhssett and William Lewis Rowland Paul Sebastian Blennerhassett.

1901 Dublin Census

Rowland Blennerhasset, "Baronet", is listed as living as a "boarder" at the Hotel at 58 North Wall Street at North Dock in Dublin. He was the only Roman Catholic listed (except for the servants) and he stated that his place of birth was at "Churchtown House" in Churchtown, county Kerry. He was married and he was 61 years old.

Death Date

He died in 1909 and he is buried in Downside Abbey, England.^[9]

Sources

• http://www.thepeerage.com/p16875.htm
• http://www.blennerhassettfamilytree.com/pages/BH21_BH_Mahany_BM.pdf
• submitter:lnlgray1093454.Pedigree Resource File.FamilySearch .
• Dictionary of National Biography on CD-ROM Editor: Matthew H.C.G. Oxford University Press, Oxford, U.K., 1995
• Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes Editor: Mosley, Charles Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A., 2003
• Coste family and ancestors from France, Switzerland, UK, Germany, Italy and Caribeans, at http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=phco&id=I37435
• Blennerhassett Family Tree by Bill Jehan

1. ↑ Front page. September 11, 1839 - The Pilot - Dublin, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
2. ↑ Announcement of Rowland's birth
3. ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Rowland_Blennerhassett,_4th_Baronet
4. ↑ He was eleven years old
5. ↑ Class: HO107; Piece: 1939; Folio: 420; Page: 2; GSU roll: 221098.Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1851. Data imaged from the National Archives, London, England. National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 4DU.
6. ↑ Class: RG11; Piece: 128; Folio: 71; Page: 30; GSU roll: 1341029.Enumeration District : 16.Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1881. The National Archives, London, England.
7. ↑ "Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900 about Sir Rowland, Bart. Blennerhasset Name:Sir Rowland, Bart. Blennerhasset College: CHRIST'S.Entered:Easter, 1859 Died:23 Mar 1909
8. ↑ Ancestry.com. Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. Original data: Venn, J. A., comp.. Alumni Cantabrigienses. London, England: Cambridge University Press, 1922-1954.
9. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #229026984