Sir Vivian Molyneux ( – after 1642) was an English scholar and traveller, who supported the

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cause in the

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Biography

Molyneux was the son of

Sir Richard Molyneux, 1st Baronet Sir Richard Molyneux, 1st Baronet (1560–1622) was a member of parliament for Lancashire, Mayor of Liverpool and Receiver-General of the Duchy of Lancaster. Life Molyneux was the son of William Molyneux and his wife Bridget Caryll. His grandfath ...

of Sefton and his wife Frances, the daughter of

Sir Gilbert Gerard Sir Gilbert Gerard (died 4 February 1593) was a prominent lawyer, politician, and landowner of the Tudor period. He was returned six times as a member of the English parliament for four different constituencies. He was Attorney-General for more t ...

and Anne Radcliffe. He was educated in Brazen Nose College, Oxford, he matriculated (entered) on 24 November 1609, aged 14, and was awarded his

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on 1 July 1612. He was admitted to Grays Inn on 2 February 1612. He was entered on the roll of the Preston Guild in 1602, 1622 and 1642. He travelled in foreign countries and became a Roman Catholic while in Rome (having been brought up a puritan). He returned to England and was knighted on 27 July 1639 by King

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at Berwick."1639, July 27 (26). Vivian Molineux (Mulleneux), lieutenant colonel at Berwick by the King) . In 1640 he was a Lieutenant-Colonel in the English army commanded by

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(during the

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with Scotland). In the Civil War he suffered for the Royalist cause.

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* * ;Attribution * * https://archive.org/details/visitationofengl09howa Cavaliers Younger sons of baronets Year of birth uncertain Year of death missing 1596 births {{England-bio-stub