Sir Rowland Blennerhassett, 4th Baronet

Sir Rowland Blennerhassett, 4th Baronet (5 September 1839 – 22 March 1909) was a Roman Catholic Anglo-Irish baronet and Liberal Party politician from County Kerry.

Life Blennerhassett was the son of Sir Arthur Blennerhassett, 3rd Baronet, whose ancestors had settled in Kerry under Queen Elizabeth, and his wife Sarah Mahony. He was educated at Downside School, Stonyhurst College and Christ Church, Oxford. He then spent time at the Université catholique de Louvain, before travelling in Germany. In 1849, he succeeded his father as baronet.

Family He met Countess Charlotte Julia von Leyden and married her the same year on 9 June 1870. His wife was a noted biographer.

He was succeeded in his title by his eldest son, Arthur Charles Francis Bernard Blennerhassett. His only daughter, Marie Carola Franciska Roselyne Blennerhassett, married Baron Raphael d'Erlanger