Sir Capel Molyneux, 3rd Baronet PC (Ire) (1717 – August 1797) was an

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politician.

Early life

Capel was the son of Sir Thomas Molyneux, 1st Baronet and his second wife Catherine Howard, daughter of Professor Ralph Howard. In 1738 he succeeded his brother Daniel to the title of

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and to all the family estates except Castle Dillon, which he did not inherit until 1759, when the former wife of his late first cousin died. Capel graduated with a

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in 1737 and received an honorary LLD in 1768.

Career

He was appointed

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in 1744 and sat for

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in the

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from 1761 to 1768. Subsequently, he represented

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to 1776 and then again for Clogher to 1783. He was invested to the Privy Council of Ireland in 1776.

Marriages and children

His first marriage was in 1747 to Elizabeth East, sister of Sir William East, 1st Baronet, they had two sons and two daughters: *

Sir Capel Molyneux, 4th Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as ...

(1750–1832), who married Margaret O'Donnell, daughter of Sir Neal O'Donnell, 1st Baronet, in 1785.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. *

George William Molyneux 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 Cape ...

(1751–1806), who served as MP for

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. * Anne Molyneux, who married Sir Anthony Brabazon, 1st Baronet. * Harriet Molyneux (d. 1866), who married Gen. William John Arabin. In 1757 his first wife died and he married Elizabeth Adlercron, a daughter of Elizabeth Arabin and Lt. Gen.

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, formerly Commander-in-Chief, India, on 17 August 1766. By her he had two sons: * Sir Thomas Molyneux, 5th Baronet (1766–1841), who married Elizabeth Perrin, daughter of Thomas Perrin, in 1800. * John Molyneux (1769–1832) of the

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who married Ella Young, daughter of John Young, in 1800. Sir Capel died in August 1797 and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son, Capel.

Descendants

Through his daughter Anne, he was a grandfather of

Sir William Brabazon, 2nd Baronet Sir William John Brabazon, 2nd Baronet (16 September 1778 - 24 October 1840), was an Irish Member of Parliament. Brabazon was born in County Mayo and educated at Trinity College, Dublin."Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduate ...

, and Sarah Brabazon (who married Henry Roper-Curzon, 14th Baron Teynham). Through his daughter Harriet, he was a grandfather 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 ...

, who served as the Judge-Advocate-General of the Army.

References

External links

Craigavon Historical Society
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