Sir Henry Mulholland, 1st Baronet

Sir Henry George Hill Mulholland, 1st Baronet, PC(NI), DL (20 December 1888 – 5 March 1971) was a Northern Ireland politician.

Sir Henry Mulholland, 1st Baronet
Personal information
Full name
Henry George Hill Mulholland
Born20 December 1888
Bellaghy, Ireland
Died5 March 1971(1971-03-05) (aged 82)
Bellaghy, Northern Ireland
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm slow
RelationsGodfrey Mulholland (brother)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1911–1914Cambridge University
1911Ireland
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 32
Runs scored 1,642
Batting average 30.40
100s/50s 4/9
Top score 153
Balls bowled 2,007
Wickets 51
Bowling average 23.86
5 wickets in innings 2
10 wickets in match
Best bowling 5/9
Catches/stumpings 37/–
Source: Cricinfo, 3 January 2022

Mulholland was the third son of The 2nd Baron Dunleath and Norah Louisa Fanny Ward. He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge.[1] He was a good cricketer at Cambridge University where he won a Blue for cricket in three seasons from 1911 to 1913, and he also played a first-class match for Ireland against Scotland in 1911.[2][3]

He was a member of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland for Down and was Assistant Parliamentary Secretary at the Ministry of Finance and Assistant Whip from 1925 until 1929,[4] after which he served as Speaker of the House. He was admitted to the Privy Council of Northern Ireland in 1930 and in 1945 he was created a Baronet, of Ballyscullion Park in the County of Londonderry.

Mulholland married Sheelah Brooke (1895-1982), daughter of Sir Arthur Brooke, 4th Baronet, and sister of The 1st Viscount Brookeborough, Prime Minister of Northern Ireland. He died in March 1971, aged 82, and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son Michael, who in 1993 succeeded his cousin as fifth Baron Dunleath.

References

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  1. ^ MULHOLLAND, Rt Hon. Sir Henry George Hill, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2016 (online edition, Oxford University Press, 2014, accessed 13 Nov 2016)
  2. ^ Gerard Siggins (2005), Green Days: Cricket in Ireland 1792-2005. Dublin:Nonsuch Publishing.
  3. ^ "Henry Mulholland". Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  4. ^ The Government of Northern Ireland
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Parliament of Northern Ireland
New constituency Member of Parliament for Down
19211929
With: J. M. Andrews
James Craig
Éamon de Valera
Thomas Lavery
Robert McBride
Thomas McMullan
Patrick O'Neill
Constituency abolished
New constituency Member of Parliament for Ards
1929–1945
Succeeded by
Preceded by Speaker of the Northern Ireland House of Commons
1929–1945
Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Assistant Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Finance
1925–1929
Succeeded by
Party political offices
Preceded by Unionist Assistant Whip
1925–1929
Succeeded by
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baronet
(of Ballyscullion Park)
1945–1971
Succeeded by
Honorary titles
Preceded by Lord Lieutenant of County Londonderry
1960–1965
Succeeded by