John Mulholland, 1st Baron Dunleath

Deceased Person

1819 – 1895

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Who was John Mulholland, 1st Baron Dunleath?

John Mulholland, 1st Baron Dunleath was an Irish businessman and Conservative Member of Parliament.

Dunleath was the son of Andrew Mulholland of Ballywalter Park in County Down. 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.

Lord Dunleath married Frances Louisa, daughter of Hugh Lyle, in 1851. He died in December 1895, aged 75, and was succeeded in the barony by his second son Henry. Lady Dunleath died in 1909.

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Born
Dec 16, 1819
Died
Dec 11, 1895

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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