George William Molyneux (28 October 1751 – 27 July 1806) was an Irish politician.
Early life
Molyneux was born on 28 October 1751 as the second son of
Sir Capel Molyneux, 3rd Baronet and the former Elizabeth East. He was a brother of
Sir Capel Molyneux 4th Baronet, Anne ( Molyneux) Brabazon (wife of
Sir Anthony Brabazon, 1st Baronet),
and Harriet ( Molyneux) Arabin (mother of
William St Julien Arabin
William St Julien Arabin (177315 December 1841) was a British lawyer and judge who served as the Judge-Advocate-General of the Army for a three-and-a-half-month period (6 November 183821 February 1839).
Early life
Arabin was born abroad,''1841 ...
). After his mother's death in 1757, his father married Elizabeth, a daughter of Lt. Gen.
John Adlercron
Lieutenant General John Adlercron (died 31 July 1766) was Commander-in-Chief, India.
Military career
Born into a Huguenot family who had taken refuge in Dublin at the end of the seventeenth century, Adlercron joined the Royal Army: in 1754 he we ...
, formerly
Commander-in-Chief, India. From that marriage, he had two younger half-brothers,
Thomas
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* Thomas the A ...
(who succeeded as the
5th Baronet) and John Molyneux of the
Royal Navy
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.
His paternal grandparents were
Sir Thomas Molyneux, 1st Baronet and his second wife Catherine Howard (a daughter of Professor Ralph Howard of
Trinity College Trinity College may refer to:
Australia
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* Trinity Catholic College, Auburn, a coeducational school in the inner-western suburbs of Sydney, New ...
). His maternal grandfather was William East of Hall Place,
Berkshire, and his uncle was
Sir William East, 1st Baronet.
Career
Molyneux was called to the bar in 1750.
From 1783 to 1790, Molyneux served as a
Member of Parliament
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for
Granard
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.
Personal life
In 1776, Molyneux married Catherine Gore, a daughter of Richard Gore, Esq.
[E. M. Swinhoe, editor, ''Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 98th edition'' (London, U.K.: Burkes Peerage Ltd, 1940), page 1752.] Together, they were the parents of one daughter:
* Charlotte Molyneux, who predeceased him.
Molyneux died at his house at Sutton, near Dublin, on 27 July 1806.
References
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1751 births
1806 deaths
Younger sons of baronets
Irish MPs 1783–1790
Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Carlow constituencies