[2] In 1739, Blunden was called to the bar at the Middle Temple and worked then as barrister.
He was appointed Mayor of Kilkenny in 1753[3] and served as recorder of that city until his death.
[4] Blunden entered the Irish House of Commons in 1761, sitting for Kilkenny City, the same constituency his father had also represented, until 1776.
[1] On 12 March 1766, he was created a baronet, of Blunden Castle, in the County of Kilkenny.
[6] His third son Overington was a general in the British Army and sat in the Parliament of the United Kingdom.