Sir Henry Mulholland, 1st Baronet

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

Mulholland was the third son of Henry Lyle Mulholland, 2nd Baron Dunleath, and Norah Louisa Fanny Ward. 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.

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, 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 Basil Brooke, 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

• CricketArchive: Henry Mulholland

Parliament of Northern Ireland
Preceded by New constituency	Member of Parliament for Ards 1929–1945	Succeeded by Robert Perceval-Maxwell
Political offices
Preceded by Thomas Henry Burn	Assistant Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Finance 1925–1929	Succeeded by Sir Basil Brooke
Preceded by Hon. Hugh O'Neill	Speaker of the Northern Ireland House of Commons 1929–1945	Succeeded by Sir Norman Stronge
Party political offices
Preceded by Thomas Henry Burn	Unionist Assistant Whip 1925–1929	Succeeded by Sir Basil Brooke
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New creation	Baronet (of Ballyscullion Park) 1945–1971	Succeeded by Michael Henry Mulholland
Honorary titles
Preceded by Sir Dudley McCorkell	Lord Lieutenant of County Londonderry 1960–1965	Succeeded by Michael McCorkell