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Rowland Blennerhassett (other)
Rowland Blennerhassett may refer to: *Sir Rowland Blennerhassett, 1st Baronet (1741–1821), Anglo-Irish lawyer *Sir Rowland Blennerhassett, 4th Baronet (1839–1909), Anglo-Irish MP for Galway Borough 1865–1874 and Kerry 1880–1885 *Rowland Ponsonby Blennerhassett (1850–1913), Irish MP for Kerry 1872–1885 *Rowland Blennerhassett (priest) The Venerable Archdeacon Richard Noel Rowland Blennerhassett (19 December 1909 27 December 2008) was Archdeacon of Tuam from 1956 until 1969. Blennerhassett was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and ordained in 1933. His early clerical appo ... (1919–2009), Archdeacon of Tuam from 1956 to 1969 See also * Blennerhassett (other) {{DEFAULTSORT:Blennerhassett, Rowland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Rowland Blennerhassett, 1st Baronet
Colonel Sir Rowland Blennerhassett, 1st Baronet (1741 - 14 March 1821) was an Anglo-Irish lawyer and baronet. Life Blennerhassett was the son of Robert Blennerhassett and Frances Yielding. He was the great-grandson of Robert Blennerhassett MP.John Debrett, ''Debrett's Baronetage of England: with alphabetical lists of such baronetcies as have merged in the peerage, or have become extinct, and also of the existing baronets of Nova Scotia and Ireland'' (J.G. & F. Rivington, 1835), 347. He trained as an attorney and practised law. He was the colonel of the 'Laune Rangers' militia regiment of volunteers from 1779 to 1782. Between 1796 and 1797 he was a Justice of the Peace in County Kerry. Blennerhassett resettled his family at Cahirmoreaun, just outside Tralee, renaming both the house and the village Blennerville in his family's honour. He built a large new family home at Churchtown House, Knockane. In 1800 he was granted permission to hold four fairs a year and one market a week in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Rowland Blennerhassett, 4th Baronet
Sir Rowland Blennerhassett, 4th Baronet (5 September 1839 – 22 March 1909) was a Roman Catholic Anglo-Irish baronet and Liberal Party politician from County Kerry. Life Blennerhassett was the son of Sir Arthur Blennerhassett, 3rd Baronet, whose ancestors had settled in Kerry under Queen Elizabeth, and his wife Sarah Mahony. He was educated at Downside School, Stonyhurst College and Christ Church, Oxford. He then spent time at the Université catholique de Louvain, before travelling in Germany. In 1849, he succeeded his father as baronet. When he returned to the United Kingdom, he started ''The Chronicle'', a political and literary organ of liberal Catholicism. The first issue appeared on 23 March 1867, but its outspoken support for the Irish Home Rule movement made it unpopular. The last issue was published on 13 February 1868. Blennerhasset sat as a Liberal Member of Parliament for Galway Borough from 1865 to 1874 and for County Kerry from 1880 to 1885. He was High She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rowland Ponsonby Blennerhassett
Rowland Ponsonby Blennerhassett KC, JP (22 July 1850 – 7 April 1913) was an Irish politician. Early life He was the only son of Richard Francis Blennerhassett and his wife Honoria Ponsonby, daughter of William Carrique Ponsonby. Blennerhassett was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and at Christ Church, Oxford. Career In a by-election in 1872, he entered the British House of Commons and sat as Member of Parliament (MP) for Kerry until 1885. Blennerhassett was called to the bar by the Inner Temple in 1878, and in April 1894 became bencher and a King's Counsel. He was a Justice of the Peace for Kerry. Personal life On 21 September 1876, he married Mary Beatrice Armstrong, youngest daughter of the art historian Walter Armstrong Walter Armstrong may refer to: * Sir Walter Armstrong (art historian) (1850–1918), British art historian and writer * Wally Armstrong (born 1945) American professional golfer * Walter Sinnott-Armstrong Walter Sinnott-Armstrong (born 1955) is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rowland Blennerhassett (priest)
The Venerable Archdeacon Richard Noel Rowland Blennerhassett (19 December 1909 27 December 2008) was Archdeacon of Tuam from 1956 until 1969. Blennerhassett was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and ordained in 1933. His early clerical appointments were as curate in Cobh Cobh ( ,), known from 1849 until 1920 as Queenstown, is a seaport town on the south coast of County Cork, Ireland. With a population of around 13,000 inhabitants, Cobh is on the south side of Great Island in Cork Harbour and home to Ireland's ... from 1933–37, which included British Army and Navy Chaplaincy, and as Rector of Comeragh and Kilmacthomas from 1937-45. He held Incumbencies at Stradbally, Knappagh, Aughavale, Omey, Athenry and Westport. In 1969, he moved to the Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross, where he held the position of Rector of the Timoleague Union of Parishes, including Kilbrittain and Courtmacsherry, until his retirement in the early 1970s. Personal life The Archdeacon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
