Bernard Charles Molloy Explained

Bernard Charles Molloy (1842 – 26 June 1916)^[1] was an Irish lawyer, soldier and politician. His brother was James Lynam Molloy, a successful Irish composer.

Life

Molloy was educated at St. Edmund's College, Ware and at the University of France and the University of Bonn. He became a barrister in the Middle Temple in 1872. He was a Captain in the French Army and won a gold medal for his service during the Franco-Prussian war. He was also Private Chamberlain in the court of the Vatican.

In 1874 he ran for election as member of parliament for the constituency of King's County. He was not elected, but ran again and won in 1880, and in 1885 was elected for the new seat of Birr for the Home Rule party, a seat which he held until the general election of 1900.^[2] He was a Middle Temple lawyer and penal reformer.

He resided at Drummond Lodge, near Milltownpass County Westmeath.^[3]

External links

• • "Bernard Charles Molloy, MP", copy on Offaly Historical and Archaeological Society website of article from the King's County Chronicle, 22 October 1885

Notes and References

1. ‘MOLLOY, Bernard Charles’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 6 July 2013
2. The New House of Commons: With Biographical Notices of its Members and of Nominated Candidates (George Edward Wright, 1885) page 382.
3. Book: Mair, Robert Henry. Debrett's Illustrated House of Commons, and the Judicial Bench. 1896. Dean & son. en.