Sir Henry Mulholland, 1st Baronet

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Sir Henry George Hill Mulholland, 1st Baronet PC (20 December 1888 – 5 March 1971), was a Northern Ireland politician.

Mulholland was the third son of Henry Lyle Mulholland, 2nd Baron Dunleath, and Norah Louisa Fanny Ward. He was a member of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland for Down and served as Speaker of the House. He was admitted to the Privy Council of Northern Ireland in 1930 and in 1945 he was created a Baronet, of Ballyscullion Park in the County of Londonderry.

Mulholland married Sheelah Brooke, daughter of Sir Arthur Brooke, 4th Baronet, and sister of Basil Brooke, 1st Viscount Brookeborough, Prime Minister of Northern Ireland. He died in March 1971, aged 82, and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son Michael, who in 1993 succeeded his cousin as fifth Baron Dunleath.

Parliament of Northern Ireland
Preceded by New constituency	Member of Parliament for Ards 1929–1945	Succeeded by Robert Perceval-Maxwell
Political offices
Preceded by Hugh O'Neill	Speaker of the Northern Ireland House of Commons 1929–1945	Succeeded by Norman Stronge
Honorary titles
Preceded by Sir Dudley McCorkell	Lord Lieutenant of County Londonderry 1960–1965	Succeeded by Michael McCorkell
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New creation	Baronet (of Ballyscullion Park) 1945–1971	Succeeded by Michael Henry Mulholland