Echlin Molyneux
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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[edit]
He was the only son of James Molyneux and Anne Hathorne. He lived for many years in Bray, County Wicklow.
He retired to Bournemouth, where he died in 1886.
Family[edit]
Echlin Molyneux married:
- Mary Napier, daughter of William Napier and Rosetta MacNaghten and sister of Sir Joseph Napier (Lord Chancellor of Ireland), on 7 July 1828 and had one son, James Henry Molyneux. Mary Napier died in 1831.
- Mary Osborne and had 2 daughters, Melinda and Elizabeth plus one son, Echlin.
- Hannah Moore, daughter of Frederick Moore, and had 2 sons, Frederick and Evans plus one daughter, Sarah Frances.
References[edit]
- ^ 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.
- ^ Journal of Jurisprudence, p.344, Vol. 19, London, 1839
- ^ The Queen's Royal University of Ireland Calendar, 1859, Dublin.
- ^ 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.
- ^ The History of Legal Education in Ireland, VTH Delany, Vol. 19.
- ^ The Citizen. p. 140, Vol. I, Nov. 1839 - May 1840, Dublin.