Sir Capel Molyneux, 3rd Baronet PC (Ire) (1717 – August 1797) was an Irish politician.

Early life

Capel was the son of

Sir Thomas Molyneux, 1st Baronet Lieutenant General Sir Thomas Molyneux, 1st Baronet FRS (14 April 1661 – 19 October 1733) was an Irish physician. Life Molyneux was the youngest son of Samuel Molyneux of Castle Dillon, County Armagh, Master Gunner of Ireland and his wife M ...

and his second wife Catherine Howard, daughter of Professor Ralph Howard. In 1738 he succeeded his brother

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to the title of

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and to all the family estates except Castle Dillon, which he did not inherit until 1759, when the former wife of his late first cousin died. Capel graduated with a

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in 1737 and received an honorary LLD in 1768.

Career

He was appointed

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in 1744 and sat for

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in the

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from 1761 to 1768. Subsequently, he represented

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to 1776 and then again for Clogher to 1783. He was invested to the

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in 1776.

Marriages and children

His first marriage was in 1747 to Elizabeth East, sister of Sir William East, 1st Baronet, they had two sons and two daughters: * Sir Capel Molyneux, 4th Baronet (1750–1832), who married Margaret O'Donnell, daughter of Sir Neal O'Donnell, 1st Baronet, in 1785.E. M. Swinhoe, editor, ''Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 98th edition'' (London, U.K.: Burkes Peerage Ltd, 1940), page 1752. * George William Molyneux (1751–1806), who served as MP for

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. * Anne Molyneux, who married Sir Anthony Brabazon, 1st Baronet. * Harriet Molyneux (d. 1866), who married Gen. William John Arabin. In 1757 his first wife died and he married Elizabeth Adlercron, a daughter of Elizabeth Arabin and Lt. Gen. John Adlercron, formerly

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, on 17 August 1766. By her he had two sons: *

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(1766–1841), who married Elizabeth Perrin, daughter of Thomas Perrin, in 1800. * John Molyneux (1769–1832) of the

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who married Ella Young, daughter of John Young, in 1800. Sir Capel died in August 1797 and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son, Capel.

Descendants

Through his daughter Anne, he was a grandfather of

Sir William Brabazon, 2nd Baronet Sir William John Brabazon, 2nd Baronet (16 September 1778 – 24 October 1840), was an Irish Member of Parliament. Background Brabazon was born in County Mayo and educated at Trinity College, Dublin."Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the st ...

, and Sarah Brabazon (who married Henry Roper-Curzon, 14th Baron Teynham). Through his daughter Harriet, he was a grandfather of William St Julien Arabin, who served as the Judge-Advocate-General of the Army.

References

External links

Craigavon Historical Society
{{DEFAULTSORT:Molyneux, Sir Capel, 3rd Baronet 1717 births 1797 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of Ireland High sheriffs of Armagh Irish MPs 1761–1768 Irish MPs 1769–1776 Irish MPs 1776–1783 Members of the Privy Council of Ireland Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Tyrone constituencies Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for Dublin University