Arthur Blennerhassett (1719–1799)

Arthur Blennerhassett (19 February 1719 – 8 June 1799) was an Anglo-Irish politician.

Blennerhassett was the son of John Blennerhassett and Jane Denny. He was elected to serve in the Irish House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for Tralee between 1743 and 1761.^[1] In 1775 he was elected as the MP for County Kerry, sitting until 1783.^{[citation needed]}

He married Jane Girardot (former wife of Gustavus Hamilton [deceased]^[2] and mother of James Hamilton who later became Dean of Cloyne and the first astronomer of Armagh Observatory^[3]); together they had two daughters.^[4]

References

^ Sir Bernard Burke, A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland (1899), p.48.
^ "The Gentleman's Magazine". The Gentleman's Magazine. 27: 247. 1747.
^ Leslie, Rev. James B. (1911). Armagh Clergy and Parishes. Dundalk: William Tempest. pp. 62.
^ ThePeerage.com (entry #279701) http://www.thepeerage.com/p27971.htm (Accessed 6 June 2015)

Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by John Blennerhassett Arthur Blennerhassett	Member of Parliament for Tralee 1794–1797 With: John Blennerhassett	Succeeded by Rowland Bateman Edward Herbert
Preceded by Barry Denny John Blennerhassett	Member of Parliament for County Kerry 1775–1783 With: Barry Denny (1775–1776) Rowland Bateman (1776–1783)	Succeeded by Sir Barry Denny, Bt Richard Townsend Herbert