Echlin Molyneux
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Echlin Molyneux was an Irish barrister, Queen's Counsel
, County Judge for Heath
, Professor of Equity at Dublin Law Institute , and Professor of English Law 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.
He retired to Bournemouth where he died in 1886.
Queen's Counsel
Queen's Counsel , known as King's Counsel during the reign of a male sovereign, are lawyers appointed by letters patent to be one of Her [or His] Majesty's Counsel learned in the law...
, County Judge for Heath
Heath
-Habitats:* Heath or heathland, low-growing woody vegetation, mostly consisting of heathers and related species* Heaths in the British National Vegetation Classification system...
, Professor of Equity at Dublin Law Institute , and Professor of English Law at Queen's University Belfast. He was instrumental in raising standards for legal practitioners through both the Law Institute and university education in Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
, with a particular interest in equity.
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:- Mary Napier (sister of Sir Joseph Napier) 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 and had 2 sons, Frederick and Evans plus one daughter, Sarah Frances.