Peerage Record – 16741

     Fiona Christine Blunden was born on 28 May 1958.¹ She is the daughter of Sir William Blunden, 6th Bt. and Pamela Mary Purser.¹ She married John Fisher MacGovern in 1996.¹
     From 1996, her married name became MacGovern.¹

     John Fisher MacGovern married Fiona Christine Blunden, daughter of Sir William Blunden, 6th Bt. and Pamela Mary Purser, in 1996.¹

     Sir Philip Overington Blunden, 7th Bt. was born on 27 January 1922.¹ He was the son of Sir John Blunden, 5th Bt. and Phyllis Dorothy Creaghe.¹ He married Jeanette Francesca Alexandra Macdonald, daughter of Captain D. Macdonald, in 1945.¹ He died on 9 April 2007 at age 85.²
     He was educated at Repton School, Repton, Derbyshire, England^G.¹ He fought in the Second World War between 1942 and 1945, in the Royal Navy.¹ He was an artist and art restorer.¹ He succeeded as the 7th Baronet Blunden, of Castle Blunden, co. Kilkenny [I., 1766] in 1985.¹

     Jeanette Francesca Alexandra Macdonald is the daughter of Captain D. Macdonald.¹ She married Sir Philip Overington Blunden, 7th Bt., son of Sir John Blunden, 5th Bt. and Phyllis Dorothy Creaghe, in 1945.¹
     From 1945, her married name became Blunden.¹

     Captain D. Macdonald lived at Portree, Isle of Skye, Scotland^G.¹ He gained the rank of Captain in the Royal Naval Reserves.¹

     Sir Hubert Chisholm Blunden, 8th Bt. was born on 9 August 1948.¹ He is the son of Sir Philip Overington Blunden, 7th Bt. and Jeanette Francesca Alexandra Macdonald.¹ He married Ellish O’Brien in 1975.¹
     He was educated at Avoca School, Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland^G.¹ He gained the rank of officer in the 1st Battalion, Irish Guards.¹ He succeeded as the 8th Baronet Blunden, of Castle Blunden, co. Kilkenny [I., 1766] on 9 April 2007.

     Ellish O’Brien married Sir Hubert Chisholm Blunden, 8th Bt., son of Sir Philip Overington Blunden, 7th Bt. and Jeanette Francesca Alexandra Macdonald, in 1975.¹
     From 1975, her married name became Blunden.¹

     Edmund Blunden was born on 31 July 1982.¹ He is the son of Sir Hubert Chisholm Blunden, 8th Bt. and Ellish O’Brien.¹

     Amelia Blunden was born in 1977.¹ She is the daughter of Sir Hubert Chisholm Blunden, 8th Bt. and Ellish O’Brien.¹

     John Maurice Patrick Blunden was born in 1955.¹ He is the son of Sir Philip Overington Blunden, 7th Bt. and Jeanette Francesca Alexandra Macdonald.¹