The Rt Hon. Brian Henry Mulholland, 6th Baron Dunleath, DL (born 25 September 1950), is a

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hereditary peer and former politician. His

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is Ballywalter Park, a

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Ballywalter Ballywalter ( and ''Walter'') is a village or townland (of 437 acres) and civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is on the east (Irish Sea) coast of the Ards Peninsula between Donaghadee and Ballyhalbert. Ballywalter was formerly know ...

on the Ards in

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Life

Lord Dunleath was educated at Tor Bank. In 1997 he succeeded to the title of Baron Dunleath and took his seat in the

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. He was excluded from the House in 1999 with most of the other hereditary peers with the

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. He is a Deputy Lieutenant of

.THE LORD LIEUTENANT OF COUNTY DOWN
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*http://www.thepeerage.com/p8074.htm * http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/people/mr-brian-mulholland 1950 births Living people People educated at Eton College Barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Deputy Lieutenants of Down Dunleath {{UK-baron-stub