Echlin Molyneux

Echlin Molyneux (c.1800–1886) was an Irish barrister, Queen's Counsel,[1] County Judge for Meath, Professor of Equity at Dublin Law Institute,[2] Professor of English Law, then Dean of the Law Faculty[3] at Queen's University Belfast. He was instrumental in raising standards for legal practitioners through both the Law Institute and university education in Ireland, with a particular interest in equity.[4][5][6]

Life

He was the only son of James Molyneux and Anne Hathorne. He retired to Bournemouth where he died in 1886.

Family

Echlin Molyneux married:

  1. Mary Napier (sister of Sir Joseph Napier) on 7 July 1828 and had one son, James Henry Molyneux. Mary Napier died in 1831.
  2. Mary Osborne and had 2 daughters, Melinda and Elizabeth plus one son, Echlin.
  3. Hannah Moore and had 2 sons, Frederick and Evans plus one daughter, Sarah Frances.

References

  1. ↑ Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 2, page 2854.
  2. ↑ Journal of Jurisprudence, p.344, Vol. 19, London, 1839
  3. ↑ The Queen's Royal University of Ireland Calendar, 1859, Dublin. www.books.google.com
  4. ↑ Introductory lecture on equity : Delivered in the theatre of the Royal Dublin Society, on Saturday, 23 November 1839, by E. Molyneux, Dublin : Hodges & Smith, College-Green, 1839.
  5. ↑ The History of Legal Education in Ireland, VTH Delany, Vol. 19.
  6. ↑ The Citizen. p. 140, Vol. I, Nov. 1839 - May 1840, Dublin.
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