The Blunden Baronetcy, of

Castle Blunden Castle Blunden is a historic country house in Kilkenny, home to the Blunden family. House The house itself is a classical style three storey detached country house with a single story Doric portico. The house dates from about 1750 and is belie ...

, in the County of Kilkenny, is a title in the

Baronetage of Ireland Baronets are a rank in the British aristocracy. The current Baronetage of the United Kingdom has replaced the earlier but existing Baronetages of England, Nova Scotia, Ireland, and Great Britain. Baronetage of England (1611–1705) James I of E ...

, created on 12 March 1766 for John Blunden, who represented

Kilkenny City Kilkenny (). is a city in County Kilkenny, Ireland. It is located in the South-East Region and in the province of Leinster. It is built on both banks of the River Nore. The 2016 census gave the total population of Kilkenny as 26,512. Kilkenn ...

in the

Irish House of Commons The Irish House of Commons was the lower house of the Parliament of Ireland that existed from 1297 until 1800. The upper house was the House of Lords. The membership of the House of Commons was directly elected, but on a highly restrictive fra ...

. He was the son of John Blunden, a Member of Parliament for the same constituency.

Blunden baronets, of Castle Blunden (1766)

Sir John Blunden, 1st Baronet Sir John Blunden, 1st Baronet (c. 1718 – January 1783) was an Irish baronet and politician. He was the only son of John Blunden and his wife Martha Cuffe, daughter of Agmondesham Cuffe. In 1739, Blunden was called to the bar at the Middle Tem ...

(died 1783) *Sir John Blunden, 2nd Baronet (1767–1818) *Sir John Blunden, 3rd Baronet (1814–1890) *Sir William Blunden, 4th Baronet (1840–1923) *Sir John Blunden, 5th Baronet (1880–1923) *Sir William Blunden, 6th Baronet (1919–1985) *Sir Philip Overington Blunden, 7th Baronet (1922–2007) *Sir Hubert Blunden, 8th Baronet (born 1948)

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* *{{Unreliable source?, failed=y , date=February 2013 Blunden 1766 establishments in Ireland#