John Mulholland, 1st Baron Dunleath (16 December 1819 – 11 December 1895) was an

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businessman and

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Early life

Dunleath was born the son of Elizabeth MacDonnell (a daughter of Thomas MacDonnell of Belfast) and

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Park in

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Career

He was involved in the Mulholland family cotton and linen industry and also represented

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in the

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from 1874 to 1885. In 1892, he was raised to the peerage as Baron Dunleath, of Ballywalter in the County of Down.

Sailing

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. The 77ft schooner ''Egeria'' was built for him in 1865 by Wanhill's Yard of

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, raced successfully for many years, and was retained and sailed by his son,

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. In 1866 he became Vice-Commodore of the

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Personal life

In 1851, Lord Dunleath was married to Frances Louisa Lyle (d. 1909), daughter of Hugh Lyle and Harriet Cromie (a daughter of John Cromie) of Knocktarna in

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. Together, they were the parents of: *

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Andrew Walter Mulholland, who married Hon. Amy Harriet Lubbock, daughter of

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, in 1877, three months before his death. * Henry Lyle Mulholland, 2nd Baron Dunleath, who married Norah Louisa Fanny Ward, a granddaughter of Edward Ward, 3rd Viscount Bangor and

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in 1881. * Hon. Alfred John Mulholland, who married Mabel Charlotte Saunderson. * Hon. Alice Elizabeth Mulholland, who married John George Beresford Massy-Beresford. * Hon. Helen Mary Mulholland, who married

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(their great-grandson was

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). * Hon. Louisa Frances Mulholland, who married Edward Roger Murray Pratt. He died in December 1895, aged 75, and was succeeded in the barony by his second son

. Lady Dunleath died in 1909.Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dunleath, John Mulholland, 1st Baron 1819 births 1895 deaths Linen industry in Ireland Barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom People educated at the Belfast Royal Academy Deputy Lieutenants of Down High Sheriffs of Down Mulholland, John Mulholland, John Mulholland, John Mulholland, John Irish Conservative Party MPs Peers of the United Kingdom created by Queen Victoria