Charles Molyneux, 5th Earl of Sefton

Charles William Hylton Molyneux, 5th Earl of Sefton, (25 June 1867 – 2 December 1901) was a British peer.

Biography

Molyneux was the eldest son of William Molyneux, 4th Earl of Sefton (1835–1897) by his wife Hon. Cecil Emily Hylton-Jolliffe, daughter of the 1st Baron Hylton.^[1] He was known as "Mull" within the family.

He held a commission in the Lancashire Hussars Yeomanry Cavalry, and was ADC to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 1889-1892.

Lord Sefton never married. Shortly before succeeding to his titles, as a fit young man of 30 he suffered a bad fall in the Altcar Steeplechase in 1897 which left him severely brain damaged, a hopeless invalid and mentally unstable. His engagement to Mary Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, daughter of the 1st Earl of Ancaster was called off and he eventually died from his injuries.

He died at his family seat, Croxteth Hall, near Liverpool, 2 December 1901, aged only 34,^[1] and was buried nearby in St Chad's churchyard, Kirkby. On his death his title passed to his brother Osbert Molyneux, 6th Earl of Sefton.

References

^ ^a ^b "Obituary - Lord Sefton". The Times. No. 36628. London. 3 December 1901. p. 6. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)

External links

Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages ^{[self-published source]} ^{[better source needed]}

Political offices
Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by William Molyneux	Earl of Sefton 1897–1901	Succeeded by Osbert Molyneux

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