John Mulholland, 1st Baron Dunleath

The Lord Dunleath
The Right Honourable; The Lord Dunleath; DL
Member of Parliament for Downpatrick
	In office; 1874–1885
Preceded by	William Keown
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Personal details
Born	John Mulholland; 16 December 1819
Died	11 December 1895 (aged 75)
Political party	Conservative
Spouse(s)	Frances Louisa Lyle; (m. 1881; his death 1931)
Relations	Charles Mulholland, 4th Baron Dunleath (grandson); Monica Wichfeld (granddaughter); Andrew Mulholland (grandfather)
Children	5
Parents	Andrew Mulholland; Elizabeth MacDonnell

John Mulholland, 1st Baron Dunleath DL (16 December 1819 – 11 December 1895) was an Irish businessman and Conservative Member of Parliament.

Early life

Dunleath was born the son of Elizabeth MacDonnell (a daughter of Thomas MacDonnell of Belfast) and Lord Mayor of Belfast Andrew Mulholland of Ballywalter Park in County Down.[1]

Career

He was involved in the Mulholland family cotton and linen industry and also represented Downpatrick in the British House of Commons from 1874 to 1885.

In 1892, he was raised to the peerage as Baron Dunleath, of Ballywalter in the County of Down.[1]

Personal life

In 1851, Lord Dunleath was married to Frances Louisa Lyle (d. 1909), daughter of Hugh Lyle and Harriet Cromie (a daughter of John Cromie) of Knocktarna in County Londonderry.[1] Together, they were the parents of:[2]

Hon. Andrew Walter Mulholland, who married Hon. Amy Harriet Lubbock, daughter of John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury, in 1877, three months before his death.
Henry Lyle Mulholland, 2nd Baron Dunleath, who married Norah Louisa Fanny Ward, a granddaughter of Edward Ward, 3rd Viscount Bangor and Lord George Hill in 1881.
Hon. Alfred John Mulholland, who married Mabel Charlotte Saunderson.
Hon. Alice Elizabeth Mulholland, who married John George Beresford Massy-Beresford.
Hon. Helen Mary Mulholland, who married Sir George Herbert Murray (their great-grandson was Iain Murray, 10th Duke of Atholl).[3]
Hon. Louisa Frances Mulholland, who married Edward Roger Murray Pratt.[2]

He died in December 1895, aged 75, and was succeeded in the barony by his second son Henry. Lady Dunleath died in 1909.[2]

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References

"Dunleath, Baron (UK, 1892)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
"Atholl, Duke of (S, 1703)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 28 May 2020.

External links

Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by William Keown	Member of Parliament for Downpatrick 1874–1885	Constituency abolished
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New title	Baron Dunleath	Succeeded by Henry Lyle Mulholland

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[BaronDunleath-1] "Dunleath, Baron (UK, 1892)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 28 May 2020.

[Kidd1990-2] Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,

[DukeAtholl-3] "Atholl, Duke of (S, 1703)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 28 May 2020.