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Sir George Blundell, 2nd Baronet (died 1675) was an
Anglo-Irish Anglo-Irish people () denotes an ethnic, social and religious grouping who are mostly the descendants and successors of the English Protestant Ascendancy in Ireland. They mostly belong to the Anglican Church of Ireland, which was the State rel ...
politician. Blundell was the son of Sir Francis Blundell, 1st Baronet and Joyce Serjeant, and on 26 April 1625 he succeeded to his father's
baronetcy A baronet ( or ; abbreviated Bart or Bt) or the female equivalent, a baronetess (, , or ; abbreviation Btss), is the holder of a baronetcy, a hereditary title awarded by the British Crown. The title of baronet is mentioned as early as the 14th ...
. Blundell was the Member of Parliament for
Dingle Dingle ( or ''Daingean Uí Chúis'', meaning "fort of Ó Cúis") is a town in County Kerry in the south-west of Ireland. The only town on the Dingle Peninsula (known in Irish as ''Corca Dhuibhne''), it sits on the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coa ...
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 the end of 1800. The upper house was the Irish House of Lords, House of Lords. The membership of the House of Commons was directly elected, ...
from 1639 to 1649. He held the office of
High Sheriff of King's County The High Sheriff of King's County was the British Crown's judicial representative in King's County (now County Offaly), Ireland, from 1556, when King's County was created, until 1922, when the office was abolished in the new Free State and repla ...
in 1657. Between 1661 and 1666 he represented Philipstown in the Irish Commons. Blundell was identified to be one of the
Knights of the Royal Oak The Knights of the Royal Oak was an intended order of chivalry in England. It was proposed in 1660 at the time of the restoration of Charles II of England to be a reward for those Englishmen who had faithfully and actively supported Charles dur ...
, however, the order was never established. He married Sarah Colley, daughter of Sir William Colley and Elizabeth Giffard, and was succeeded in his title by his son, Francis Blundell.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Blundell, George, 2nd Baronet Year of birth unknown 1675 deaths 17th-century Anglo-Irish people Baronets in the Baronetage of Ireland High sheriffs of King's County Irish MPs 1639–1649 Irish MPs 1661–1666 Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for King's County constituencies