Echlin Molyneux

Echlin Molyneux (c.1800–1886) was an Irish barrister, County Judge for Heath, Professor of Equity at the Dublin Law Institute and Professor of English Law at Belfast University. He was instrumental in raising standards for legal practitioners through both the Law Institute and university education in Ireland.

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.