Henry Mulholland, 2nd Baron Dunleath

Henry Lyle Mulholland, 2nd Baron Dunleath (30 January 1854 – 22 March 1931), was an Irish Conservative Member of Parliament.

The Lord Dunleath
Lord Dunleath dressed in coronation robes, 1911
Member of Parliament for Londonderry North
In office
1885–1895
Preceded byNew constituency
Succeeded byJohn Atkinson
Personal details
Born
Henry Lyle Mulholland

(1854-01-30)30 January 1854
Died22 March 1931(1931-03-22) (aged 77)
Political partyConservative
Spouse
Norah Louisa Fanny Ward
(m. 1881)
RelationsCharles Mulholland, 4th Baron Dunleath (grandson)
Monica Wichfeld (granddaughter)
Andrew Mulholland (grandfather)
Children5
Parent(s)John Mulholland, 1st Baron Dunleath
Frances Louisa Lyle

Early life

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Dunleath was the second son of John Mulholland, 1st Baron Dunleath and the former Frances Louisa Lyle (d. 1909).[1] His older brother was the Hon. Andrew Walter Mulholland, who died without issue at age 24 in 1877. His younger siblings included Hon. Alfred John Mulholland (who married Mabel Charlotte Saunderson); Hon. Alice Elizabeth Mulholland (wife of John George Beresford Massy-Beresford and mother to Monica Wichfeld); Hon. Helen Mulholland (wife of Sir George Herbert Murray); and Hon. Louisa Frances Mulholland (wife of Edward Roger Murray Pratt).[2]

His mother was a daughter of Harriet Cromie (a daughter of John Cromie) and Hugh Lyle of Knocktarna in County Londonderry. His father was the eldest son of the former Elizabeth MacDonnell (a daughter of Thomas MacDonnell of Belfast) and Lord Mayor of Belfast Andrew Mulholland of Ballywalter Park.[1] The Mulholland family were prominent in the cotton and linen industry in Ireland.[2]

Career

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He served as High Sheriff of Down in 1884. The following year, he was returned to the British House of Commons for Londonderry North, a seat he held until the 1895 general election. Later that year, he succeeded his father in the barony and entered the House of Lords.[2]

Personal life

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In 1881, Lord Dunleath was married to Norah Louisa Fanny Ward, the only surviving daughter of Hon. Somerset Richard Hamilton Augustus Ward (fifth son of Edward Ward, 3rd Viscount Bangor), by his wife Norah Mary Elizabeth Hill (only daughter of Lord George Hill, fifth son of Arthur Hill, 2nd Marquess of Downshire). Together, they were the parents of five children, four sons and one daughter, including:[1]

Lord Dunleath died on 22 March 1931, aged 77, and was succeeded in the barony by his second son Charles. Lady Dunleath died in 1935.[2]

Descendants

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Through his second son, he was a grandfather of Charles Mulholland, 4th Baron Dunleath (1933–1993).[8]

Sailing

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He inherited the schooner Egeria from his father, and had the Charles E Nicholson designed 4 ton lugger Wolfhound built for him at Camper and Nicholsons, Gosport in 1893.[9]

References

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Notes
  1. ^ Before his early death, his eldest son, Hon. Andrew Mulholland, was the father of one child, Daphne Norah Mulholland (1915–1983), who was born on 11 March 1915, some 4½ months after his death.[3] She married Sir John Guthrie Ward,[4] who served as the British Ambassador to Argentina and Italy.[5]
Sources
  1. ^ a b c d "Dunleath, Baron (UK, 1892)". cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, [page needed]
  3. ^ a b "Mulholland, The Hon. Andrew Edward Somerset | North Down & Ards War Dead". barryniblock.co.uk. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  4. ^ "WARD, Sir John (Guthrie)". Who Was Who. A & C Black. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
  5. ^ "British Ambassadors and High Commissioners 1880-2010" (PDF). Colin Mackie, Gulabin.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 July 2011. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
  6. ^ "Cavan, Earl of (I, 1647)". cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  7. ^ "The Hon Mrs J. Mulholland", The Times, 4 August 1984, p. 8.
  8. ^ Wylie, Lorraine (22 September 2018). "At home with Lady Dunleath in Ballywalter Park". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  9. ^ "Dunleath, Lord". The Bartlett Maritime Research Centre. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
New constituency Member of Parliament for Londonderry North
1885–1895
Succeeded by
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Baron Dunleath
1895–1931
Succeeded by