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]
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