John Rochfort (c. 1690 – 30 January 1771) was a member of the pre-1801 Parliament of Ireland, in the Irish House of Commons.
He was the second son of Hannah Hannock (a daughter of William Hannock) and Robert Rochfort, who served as Attorney General for Ireland, Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer, and Speaker of the Irish House of Commons.
They lived in Clogrennane, County Carlow, and Newpark, County Dublin,[4] and, together, were the parents of: After his first wife's death in 1737, he married Emilia (née Eyre) Wilson (c. 1709–c.
[5] Rochfort died on 30 January 1771 and was succeeded in his estates by his only surviving son John.
[3] Through his son John, he was grandfather to Anne Rochfort (c. 1762–1862), who married Sir Matthew Blakiston, 2nd Baronet (heir of Sir Matthew Blakiston, 1st Baronet);[6] and John Staunton Rochfort (1763–1844), who married Harriette Mann, a daughter of Sir Horatio Mann, 2nd Baronet and Lady Lucy Noel (a daughter of the 4th Earl of Gainsborough)[10] and Mary Burgh, a daughter of Thomas Burgh, MP;[11] and the Rev.