John Blunden (politician)
John Blunden (c. 1695 – 8 January 1752)[1] was an Irish politician.
He was named after his father[2] and entered the Irish House of Commons in 1727, sitting for Kilkenny City until his death in 1752.[3] Blunden married Martha Cuffe, only surviving daughter of Agmondesham Cuffe and sister of John Cuffe, 1st Baron Desart and had by her five sons.[4] His only surviving son John succeeded his father as Member of Parliament.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ "ThePeerage - John Blunden". Archived from the original on 25 September 2009. Retrieved 1 December 2009.
- ^ "Leigh Rayment - Irish House of Commons 1692-1800". Archived from the original on 1 June 2009. Retrieved 1 December 2009.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Lodge, John (1789). Mervyn Archdall (ed.). The Peerage of Ireland or A Genealogical History of the Present Nobility of that Kingdom. Vol. VI. Dublin: James Moore. p. 62.
- ^ 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.
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