Sir Henry George Hill Mulholland, 1st Baronet,
PC(NI),
DL (20 December 1888 – 5 March 1971) was a
Northern Ireland
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politician.
Mulholland was the third son of
The 2nd Baron Dunleath and Norah Louisa Fanny Ward. He was educated at
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and
Trinity College, Cambridge
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.
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''Who Was Who'', A & C Black, 1920–2016 (online edition, Oxford University Press, 2014, accessed 13 Nov 2016) He was a good
cricket
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er at
Cambridge University
, mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts.
Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge.
, established =
, other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Schola ...
where he won a
Blue
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for cricket in three seasons from 1911 to 1913, and he also played a
first-class match for
Ireland
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against
Scotland
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in 1911.
He was a member of the
House of Commons of Northern Ireland
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for
Down and was
Assistant Parliamentary Secretary at the Ministry of Finance and
Assistant Whip from 1925 until 1929,
The Government of Northern Ireland
/ref> after which he served as Speaker of the House
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. He was admitted to the Privy Council of Northern Ireland
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The council was created in 1922 as ...
in 1930 and in 1945 he was created a Baronet, of Ballyscullion Park in the County of Londonderry.
Mulholland married Sheelah Brooke (1895-1982), daughter of Sir Arthur Brooke, 4th Baronet, and sister of The 1st Viscount Brookeborough, Prime Minister of Northern Ireland
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. He died in March 1971, aged 82, and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son Michael, who in 1993 succeeded his cousin as fifth Baron Dunleath.
References
External links
CricketArchive: Henry Mulholland
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1888 births
1971 deaths
People educated at Eton College
Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge
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Deputy Lieutenants of Down
Lord-Lieutenants of County Londonderry
Ulster Unionist Party members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland
Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 1921–1925
Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 1925–1929
Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 1929–1933
Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 1933–1938
Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 1938–1945
Northern Ireland junior government ministers (Parliament of Northern Ireland)
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Younger sons of barons
Irish cricketers
Cambridge University cricketers
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