Sir John Blunden, 1st Baronet

Sir John Blunden, 1st Baronet (c. 1718 – January 1783)[1] was an Irish baronet and politician.

He was the only son of John Blunden and his wife Martha Cuffe, daughter of Agmondesham Cuffe.[2] In 1739, Blunden was called to the bar at the Middle Temple and worked then as barrister. He was appointed Mayor of Kilkenny in 1753[3] and served as recorder of that city until his death.[4]

Blunden entered the Irish House of Commons in 1761, sitting for Kilkenny City, the same constituency his father had also represented, until 1776.[1] On 12 March 1766, he was created a baronet, of Blunden Castle, in the County of Kilkenny.[5]

On 25 February 1755, he married his cousin Susanna, daughter of John Cuffe, 1st Baron Desart and had by her three sons and four daughters.[2] Blunden died at Castle Blunden in 1783 and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his oldest son John.[6] His third son Overington was a general in the British Army and sat in the Parliament of the United Kingdom.[7]

References

1. Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2006). MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament 1692–1800. Ulster Historical Foundation. p. 71. ISBN 1-903688-60-4.
2. Burke, John (1832). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. Vol. I (4th ed.). London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley. p. 124.
3. "Kilkenny Borough Council Online - List of Mayors 1609-2003". Retrieved 19 November 2009.
4. Transactions of the Kilkenny Archaeological Society. Vol. I. Dublin: John O'Daly. 1851. p. 431.
5. "No. 10601". The London Gazette. 15 February 1766. p. 2.
6. "ThePeerage - Sir John Blunden, 1st Bt". Retrieved 19 November 2009.
7. "Leigh Rayment - British House of Commons, Kilkenny". Archived from the original on 10 August 2009. Retrieved 19 November 2009.

Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by Ralph Gore Sir William Morres, Bt	Member of Parliament for Kilkenny City 1761 – 1776 With: Sir William Morres, Bt 1761–1768 Haydocke Evans Morres 1768–1776	Succeeded by Ralph Gore Sir Haydocke Morres, Bt
Baronetage of Ireland
New creation	Baronet (of Castle Blunden) 1766 – 1783	Succeeded by John Blunden