Blennerhassett is an

English surname English names are names used in, or originating in, England. In England as elsewhere in the English-speaking world, a complete name usually consists of a given name, commonly referred to as a first name, and a (most commonly patrilineal) family ...

Origin

The name originates from the village of Blennerhasset (with one t) in Cumbria, England.

People with the surname

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 Blenner ...

, Anglo-Irish lawyer, politician and judge * Arthur Blennerhassett (1719–1799), Anglo-Irish politician * Arthur Blennerhassett (1799–1843), Irish politician * Charlotte, Lady Blennerhassett (1843–1917), German writer and biographer *

Conway Blennerhassett Conway Blennerhassett KC (3 October 1693 – 7 June 1724) was a member of the Irish House of Commons. Blennerhassett was born at Castle Conway in County Kerry, the eldest son of John 'Black Jack' Blennerhassett and Elizabeth Cross. He was the g ...

(1693–1724), Irish politician *

Harman Blennerhassett Harman Blennerhassett (8 October 1765 – 2 February 1831) was an Anglo-Irish lawyer, a member of the Society of United Irishmen who emigrated in advance of their rebellion in 1798 to become a socially and politically distinguished plantation o ...

(1765–1831), Anglo-Irish aristocrat, plantation owner in western Virginia * John de Blennerhassett (1350–1384), English politician * John Blennerhassett (English MP) (by 1521–1573), English landowner and member of parliament * John Blennerhassett (judge) (c.1560–1624), Anglo-Irish judge and politician *

John Blennerhassett (died 1677) John Blennerhassett (died 4 December 1677) was an Anglo-Irish member of the Irish House of Commons. Blennerhassett was the son of Captain John Blennerhassett and Martha Lynn. He was probably born at Ballycarty Castle, County Kerry, where his fami ...

, Anglo-Irish politician * John Blennerhassett (died 1709), Anglo-Irish politician * John Blennerhassett (1691–1775), Anglo-Irish politician * John Blennerhassett (1715–1763), Anglo-Irish politician *

John Blennerhassett (1769–1794) John Blennerhassett (1769 – 6 July 1794) was an Anglo-Irish politician. Blennerhassett was the son of William Blennerhassett and Catherine Johnson, and the great-grandson of John Blennerhassett. He was educated at Trinity College Dublin, gradu ...

, Anglo-Irish politician *

John Blennerhassett (politician) John Blennerhassett (1930 – 22 September 2013) was an Irish Fine Gael politician from County Kerry. A farm owner and former drapery buyer, he stood as a Fine Gael candidate for Dáil Éireann in the Kerry North constituency at the 1969, 19 ...

(1930–2013), Irish politician * Margaret Agnew Blennerhassett (1771–1842), English-American poet and aristocrat * Richard Blennerhassett (1889–1957), Australian Anglican priest *

Robert Blennerhassett (MP for Tralee) Robert Blennerhassett (c. 1622 – c. 1689) was an Anglo-Irish soldier and politician. He was the son of Captain John Blennerhassett and Martha Lynn. He was probably born at the family estate at Ballycarty Castle, County Kerry. The Blennerhassett ...

(c.1622–c.1689), Anglo-Irish soldier and politician * Robert Blennerhassett (1652–1712), Irish lawyer and politician * Sir Rowland Blennerhassett, 1st Baronet (1741–1821), Anglo-Irish lawyer * Sir Rowland Blennerhassett, 4th Baronet (1839–1909), Anglo-Irish politician * Rowland Ponsonby Blennerhassett (1850–1913), Irish politician * Rowland Blennerhassett (priest) (1919–2009), Irish priest, Archdeacon of Tuam 1956–69 * Thomas Blennerhassett (), English politician

Origin

People with the surname

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