title: Blennerhassett
text: # Blennerhassett
  
  Blennerhassett is an English surname.
  
  ## Origin
  
  The name originates from the village of Blennerhasset (with one t) in Cumbria, England.
  
  ## People with the surname
  
  * Arthur Blennerhassett (1687–1758), Anglo-Irish lawyer, politician and judge
  * Arthur Blennerhassett (1719–1799), Anglo-Irish politician
  * Arthur Blennerhassett (1799–1843), Irish politician
  * Charlotte, Lady Blennerhassett (1843–1917), German writer and biographer
  * Conway Blennerhassett (1693–1724), Irish politician
  * Harman Blennerhassett (1765–1831), Anglo-Irish aristocrat, plantation owner in western Virginia
  * John de Blennerhassett (1350–1384), English politician
  * John Blennerhassett (English MP) (by 1521–1573), English landowner and member of parliament
  * John Blennerhassett (judge) (c.1560–1624), Anglo-Irish judge and politician
  * John Blennerhassett (died 1677), Anglo-Irish politician
  * John Blennerhassett (died 1709), Anglo-Irish politician
  * John Blennerhassett (1691–1775), Anglo-Irish politician
  * John Blennerhassett (1715–1763), Anglo-Irish politician
  * John Blennerhassett (1769–1794), Anglo-Irish politician
  * John Blennerhassett (politician) (1930–2013), Irish politician
  * Margaret Agnew Blennerhassett (1771–1842), English-American poet and aristocrat
  * Richard Blennerhassett (1889–1957), Australian Anglican priest
  * Robert Blennerhassett (MP for Tralee) (c.1622–c.1689), Anglo-Irish soldier and politician
  * Robert Blennerhassett (1652–1712), Irish lawyer and politician
  * Sir Rowland Blennerhassett, 1st Baronet (1741–1821), Anglo-Irish lawyer
  * Sir Rowland Blennerhassett, 4th Baronet (1839–1909), Anglo-Irish politician
  * Rowland Ponsonby Blennerhassett (1850–1913), Irish politician
  * Rowland Blennerhassett (priest) (1919–2009), Irish priest, Archdeacon of Tuam 1956–69
  * Thomas Blennerhassett (fl. 1584–1611), English politician
  