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Molyneux, of Sefton, co. Lancaster (E Baronet, 1611 - 1972)

Creation: let.pat. 22 May 1611

Extinct: 13 Apr 1972

Family name: Molyneux

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Arms:

Azure a Cross Moline Or

Crest:

A Chapeau Gules turned up Ermine adorned with a Plume of Peacock's Feathers proper

Motto:

Vivere Sat Vincere

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Sir Richard Molyneux, 1st Bt.

son and heir of William Molyneux (by his wife Bridget Caryll, dau. of John Caryll, of Warnham, co. Sussex), 1st son and heir ap. of Sir Richard Molyneux, of Sefton, co. Lancaster, by his first wife Eleanor Radclyffe, 3rd dau. of Sir Alexander Radclyffe, of Ordsall, co. Lancaster

born

c. 1560

mar.

c. 1590 Frances Gerard (bur. 19 Feb 1620 at Sefton, co. Lancaster), sister of Thomas [Gerard], 1st Baron Gerard, and 1st dau. of Sir Gilbert Gerard, of Gerard's Bromley, co. Stafford, by his wife Anne Ratcliffe, dau. and eventually hrss. of Thomas Ratcliffe, of Wimersley, co. Lancaster

children

1. William Molyneux (dvp. an infant)

2. Sir Richard Molyneux, 2nd Bt., later 1st Viscount Molyneux

1. Bridget Molyneux, mar. Ralph Standish, of Standish, co. Lancaster, Sheriff of Lancaster (d. 1656), 1st son of Alexander Standish, of Standish, co. Lancaster, by his wife Elizabeth Hawarden, dau. and hrss. of Adam Hawarden, of Wolston, co. Lancaster, and had issue

2. Frances Molyneux (bur. 28 Feb 1613/4 at Winwick, co. Lancaster), mar. c. 1610 Sir Thomas Gerard, 2nd Bt., of Bryn, co. Lancaster, and Etwall, co. Derby, and had issue

3. Margaret Molyneux, mar. as his second wife Sir George Simeon, of Chilworth and Baldwin Brightwell, co. Oxford, 1st son and heir of John Simeon, of Baldwin Brightwell, co. Oxford, by his wife Anne Mollins, dau. of Anthony Mollins, of Chilworth, co. Oxford, and had issue

4. Alice Molyneux, mar. (1) Sir John Gilbert, of Compton, co. Devon, Governor of Plymouth Fort (dsp. 5 Jul 1608), 1st son of Sir Humphrey Gilbert (half-brother of Sir Walter Ralegh), Founder of Newfoundland, by his wife Anne Agar, dau. and hrss. of John Agar, and (2) 21 Feb 1609/10 Hon Sir William Dormer (bur. vp. 22 Oct 1616), 1st son and heir ap. of Robert [Dormer], 1st Baron Dormer, by his wife Hon Elizabeth Browne, 1st dau. by his second wife of Anthony [Browne], 1st Viscount Montagu, and had issue by her second husband

5. Anne Molyneux, mar. Sir John Byron, of Newstead Abbey, co. Nottingham, 1st son and heir of Sir John Byron, of Newstead Abbey, co. Nottingham, by his wife Alice Strelley, dau. of Sir Nicholas Strelley, and had issue

6. Juliana Molyneux, mar. Sir Thomas Walmesley (dvp. 13 Jul 1637), 1st son and heir of Thomas Walmesley, of Dunkenhalgh, co. Lancaster, by his wife Eleanor Danvers, sister of Henry [Danvers], 1st Earl of Danby, and 3rd dau. of Sir John Danvers, of Dauntsey, co. Wiltshire, and of Danby Castle, co. York, and had issue

bur.

8 Feb 1622 at Sefton, co. Lancaster

created

22 May 1611 a Baronet of England, styled "of Sefton, co. Lancaster"

suc. by

son

note

knighted 1586; Member of Parliament for Lancashire 1584-85, 1593 and 1604-11; Sheriff of Lancashire 1588-89 and 1596-97

Sir Richard Molyneux, 2nd Bt., later 1st Viscount Molyneux

created

22 Dec 1628 Viscount Molyneux, of Maryborough in the Queen's County

The Molyneux Baronetcy was held by the Viscounts Molyneux from 22 Dec 1628 (Earls of Sefton from 30 Nov 1771) until 13 Apr 1972, when on the death of Hugh William Osbert [Molyneux], 7th Earl of Sefton and 14th Viscount Molyneux, both peerage titles and the baronetcy became extinct.

First written 31 Jan 2012

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