Molyneux baronets

There have been several baronetcies created for descendants of the ancient Norman family of Molyneux who were granted extensive estates in Lancashire after the Norman Conquest.

The Baronetcy of Molyneux of Sefton was created in the Baronetage of England on 22 May 1611 for Richard Molyneux, Member of Parliament for Lancashire on three occasions 1584 to 1611. Successors were raised to the Peerage as Viscount Molyneux and Earl of Sefton.

The Baronetcy of Molyneux of Teversall was created in the Baronetage of England on 29 June 1611 for John Molyneux, of a junior branch of the family. The seat at Teversal Manor, near Mansfield, Nottinghamshire came into the family by the 16th century marriage of Francis Molyneux to the Teversal heiress Elizabeth Greenhalgh.

The baronetcy was extinct on the death in 1812 of the unmarried seventh Baronet. The estate passed to the family of his sister and heir Juliana Molyneux (1749–1808). She married Henry Howard (1713–1787) a descendant of the 22nd Earl of Arundel. Their eldest son became the 12th Duke of Norfolk and their younger son, Lord Henry Thomas Howard-Molyneux-Howard (1766–1824), had a daughter, Henriette Anna, who married Henry John George Herbert, 3rd Earl of Carnarvon. His eldest son, the 4th Earl, was Henry Howard Molyneux Herbert and it became customary of the Herberts to pass on the 'Molyneux' name.

A fourth baronetcy namely Molyneux of Castle Dillon, County Armagh was created in the Baronetage of Ireland 4 July 1730 for Thomas Molyneux, a distinguished doctor. His family, who are first recorded in Calais around 1530, settled in Ireland around 1570.

Molyneux of Sefton, Lancashire (1611)

• Sir Richard Molyneux, 1st Baronet (1560–1622)
• Sir Richard Molyneux, 2nd Baronet ( Created Viscount Molyneux in 1628)
• For further succession see Earl of Sefton

Extinct on the death of the last Earl of Sefton

Molyneux of Teversall, Nottinghamshire (1611)

• Sir John Molyneux, 1st Baronet, High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire 1610 and 1612.
• Sir Francis Molyneux, 2nd Baronet (1602–1674)
• Sir John Molyneux, 3rd Baronet (1625–1674)
• Sir Francis Molyneux, 4th Baronet (1656–1742) Member of Parliament for Newark 1693–1700 and for Nottinghamshire 1701–05
• Sir Charles Molyneux, 5th Baronet (died 1764), High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire 1746. Succeeded by his brother.
• Sir William Molyneux, 6th Baronet (died 1781), High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire 1737.
• Sir Francis Molyneux, 7th Baronet (died 1812), Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod in 1765. Extinct on his death

Molyneux of Wellow, Nottinghamshire (-)

• Sir William Molyneux, 1st Baronet Extinct on his death

Molyneux of Castle Dillon, County Armagh (1730)

• Sir Thomas Molyneux, 1st Baronet (1661–1733)
• Sir Daniel Molyneux, 2nd Baronet
• Sir Capel Molyneux, 3rd Baronet PC (1717–1797)
• Sir Capel Molyneux, 4th Baronet
• Sir Thomas Molyneux, 5th Baronet
• Sir George King Adlercron Molyneux, 6th Baronet
• Sir Capel Molyneux, 7th Baronet
• Sir John William Henry Molyneux, 8th Baronet
• Sir John Charles Molyneux, 9th Baronet
• Sir Ernest Molyneux, 10th Baronet (died 1940) Extinct on his death.

References

• A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England Ireland and Scotland 2nd Edition (1844) John and John Bernard Burke. p. 360 Google Books

• Leigh Rayment's list of baronets
• Journal of the Craigavon Historical Society 1996/97

Baronetage of England
Preceded by Bacon baronets	Molyneux baronets of Sefton 22 May 1611	Succeeded by Mansel baronets
Preceded by Cholmondeley baronets	Molyneux baronets of Teversall 29 June 1611	Succeeded by Wortley baronets