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Arthur Blennerhassett (1687-1758)
Arthur Blennerhassett may refer to: *Arthur Blennerhassett (1687–1758) Arthur Blennerhassett KC (1687 – 3 January 1758) was an Anglo-Irish lawyer, politician and judge. He is remembered mainly for killing John St. Leger in a duel.Ball pp.207-8 He was the only son of the politician and lawyer Robert Blenn ..., Anglo-Irish MP and lawyer *Arthur Blennerhassett (1719–1799), Anglo-Irish MP for Tralee and Kerry *Arthur Blennerhassett (1799–1843), Anglo-Irish MP for Kerry *Sir Arthur Blennerhassett, 3rd Baronet (1794–1849), of the Blennerhassett baronets *Sir Arthur Blennerhassett, 5th Baronet (1871–1915), of the Blennerhassett baronets See also *Blennerhassett (other) {{hndis, Blennerhassett, Arthur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Blennerhassett (1687–1758)
Arthur Blennerhassett KC (1687 – 3 January 1758) was an Anglo-Irish lawyer, politician and judge. He is remembered mainly for killing John St. Leger in a duel.Ball pp.207-8 He was the only son of the politician and lawyer Robert Blennerhassett of Clonmel, County Tipperary, and Alice Osborne, daughter of Sir Thomas Osborne, 5th Baronet and Katherine Butler, and widow of Thomas Warter. He was at school in Dublin and graduated from Trinity College, Dublin in 1708. The same year he entered the Middle Temple. He was called to the Irish Bar in 1714,Hart p.164 made King's Counsel in 1728,Hart p.164 and served as Prime Serjeant in 1742. In 1727 Blennerhassett was elected to the Irish House of Commons as Member of Parliament for Tralee. He was raised to the bench as a justice of the Court of King's Bench (Ireland) in 1743 and served until his death in 1758. In 1745 he was one of the judges who presided at the perjury trial which resulted from the celebrated ''Annesley Peer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |