John Mulholland, 1st Baron Dunleath
1819–95
Textile manufacturer and politician. Educated at Belfast Royal Academy. Joined his father as a partner in the family linen business in 1840; sole proprietor, 1846. Created an integrated spinning and weaving business, the York Street Flax Spinning Company, with his brother-in-law in 1851. High sheriff for co. Down, 1868; co. Tyrone, 1873. MP for Downpatrick, 1874–85. Created Baron Dunleath, 1892.
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Bibliography
ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.
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