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Rowland Ponsonby Blennerhassett KC, JP (22 July 1850 – 7 April 1913) was an
Rowland Ponsonby Blennerhassett KC, JP (22 July 1850 – 7 April 1913) was an Irish
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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 asMember of Parliament
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(MP) for Kerry
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until 1885. Blennerhassett was called to the bar by the Inner Temple
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in 1878, and in April 1894 became bencher and a King's Counsel. He was a Justice of the Peace for Kerry
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Places
* Kerry, Queensland, Australia
* County Kerry, Ireland
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.
Personal life
On 21 September 1876, he married Mary Beatrice Armstrong, youngest daughter of the art historian Walter Armstrong. They had one son. Mary Beatrice is buried in the Armstrong family vault on the inside of the Lebanon Circle inHighgate Cemetery
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.
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* 1850 births 1913 deaths Members of the Inner Temple Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Kerry constituencies (1801–1922) UK MPs 1868–1874 UK MPs 1874–1880 UK MPs 1880–1885 Rowland {{Ireland-UK-MP-stub