FATHER AND SON.
DEATH FOLLOWS DEATH. Sir William Blunden, Bt., died on October 25, at Castle Blunden, Kilkenny, aged 83, and three days later his elder son, who had succeeded as Sir John Blunden, died at The Cottage, Castle Blunden, aged 43. This family descends from Overington Blunden, who obtained from. Charles ft, a grant of Glanmoro or Clanmore,' " to be foe. ever called Blunden's Castle," and other lands in Kilkenny, Queen's County, and County Waterford. . Sir .William, who was born on July 25, 1840, was the eldest son of the third baronet, and went to Trinity College, Dublin, where he took hie degree in arts, afterwards taking the M.B. He succeeded his father as fourth baronet in 1890, and was High Sheriff of County Kilkenny in 1904. Sir William married, in 1879, Florence Caroline, daughter of Henry Shuttleworth, of New Plymouth, Trfranaki, New Zealand, and had two sons ' and on® daughter.. Sir John Blunden, the elder son, was born on February 26, 1880. His elder son, William, born in. 1919, now succeeds to the title. ' ,
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18585, 18 December 1923, Page 12
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