Loftus_Henry_Bland

Loftus Henry Bland

Loftus Henry Bland

Irish politician

Loftus Henry Bland QC (August 1805 – 21 January 1872)[1][2] was an Irish Liberal, Whig and Independent Irish Party politician.[3][4][5]

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Born in Blandsfort House, Queen's County, Ireland, and the third son of John Bland and Elizabeth née Birch, daughter of Robert Birch, Bland was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated as a Bachelor of Arts in 1825, and a Master of Arts in 1829. He was called to the Irish Bar in 1829, becoming a member of the Queen's Counsel in 1854.[6]

In 1840, he married Charlotte Elizabeth Grove Annesley, daughter of Arthur Grove Annesley and Elizabeth née Mahon, and they had at least one child: John Loftus Bland (1841–1908). After Charlotte's death in 1842, he remarried to Annie Jane Hackett, daughter of John Prendergast Hackett, in 1843, and they had at least three children: Thomas Dalrymple Bland (1846–1869); Elizabeth Emily Bland (died 1901); and Annie Sophia Alicia Bland.[2]

He became an Independent Irish Party Member of Parliament (MP) for King's County at the 1852 general election and, becoming a Whig in 1857, held the seat until 1859, when he unsuccessfully stood as a Liberal.[2][3][6]

In 1862, Bland became chairman of the County Cavan Quarter Sessions.[2] He died in Dublin in 1872.[6]

Arms

Coat of arms of Loftus Henry Bland
Notes
Confirmed 15 September 1854 by Sir John Bernard Burke, Ulster King of Arms.[7]
Crest
Out of a ducal coronet Or a lion's head Proper charged with a crescent Gules.
Escutcheon
Argent on a bend Sable three pheons Or in the sinister chief point a crescent Gules.
Motto
Quo Fata Vocant

References

  1. [1]
    Rayment, Leigh (13 June 2017). "The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "K"". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Archived from the original on 2 October 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. [2]
    Lundy, Darryl (24 September 2018). "Loftus Henry Bland". The Peerage. Archived from the original on 2 October 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  3. [3]
    Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. p. 288. ISBN 978-0901714121.
  4. [4]
    "Kings County Chronicle". 14 July 1852. pp. 2–3. Retrieved 2 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. [5]
    "King's County Chronicle". 18 May 1859. pp. 2–3. Retrieved 2 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. [6]
    Boase, Frederic (2018). Modern English Biography (Volume 1 of 4) A-H. Litres. p. 1792. ISBN 9785041269647. Retrieved 2 October 2018 – via Google Books.
  7. [7]
    "Grants and Confirmations of Arms Vol. F,". National Library of Ireland. p. 41. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
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