Earl of Sefton
Earl of Sefton was a hereditary British title in the Peerage of Ireland .
The Earls' family residences were Abbeystead House in Abbeystead and Croxteth Hall in Liverpool , both in Lancashire .
Bestowal, subordinate titles, and expiry
The title was created on November 30, 1771 for the British MP Charles Molyneux, 8th Viscount Molyneux . Already in 1759 he had inherited the title Viscount Molyneux , of Maryborough in the Queen's County , from his uncle , which was created on December 22, 1628 for his great-great-grandfather, the English MP Sir Richard Molyneux, 2nd Baronet , and the title Baronet , Sefton in the County of Lancaster , who was bestowed on May 22, 1611 in the Baronetage of England, whose father of the same name Sir Richard Molyneux (1560-1622). The award of the Viscountcy and the Earldom took place in the Peerage of Ireland, so that the membership of the entrusted in the English or British House of Commons was not affected. It was not until the 2nd Earl, who inherited the title from his father in 1795 and who was also a British Member of the House of Commons from 1816, was given the title of Baron Sefton , of Croxteth in the County of Lancaster, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom on June 20, 1831 , awarded, whereby he resigned from the House of Commons and received a seat in the British House of Lords . All of the named titles finally expired with the childless death of his great-great-great-grandson, the 7th Earl, on April 13, 1972.
List of Viscounts Molyneux and Earls of Sefton
Viscounts Molyneux (1628)
- Richard Molyneux, 1st Viscount Molyneux (1594–1636)
- Richard Molyneux, 2nd Viscount Molyneux (1620? –1654)
- Caryll Molyneux, 3rd Viscount Molyneux (1622–1699)
- William Molyneux, 4th Viscount Molyneux (1655-1717)
- Richard Molyneux, 5th Viscount Molyneux (1679–1738)
- Caryll Molyneux, 6th Viscount Molyneux (1683–1745)
- William Molyneux, 7th Viscount Molyneux (1685–1759)
- Charles Molyneux, 8th Viscount Molyneux (1748–1794) (raised to Earl of Sefton in 1771 )
Earls of Sefton (1771)
- Charles Molyneux, 1st Earl of Sefton (1748–1794)
- William Molyneux, 2nd Earl of Sefton (1772–1838)
- Charles Molyneux, 3rd Earl of Sefton (1796–1855)
- William Molyneux, 4th Earl of Sefton (1835-1897)
- Charles Molyneux, 5th Earl of Sefton (1867-1901)
- Osbert Molyneux, 6th Earl of Sefton (1871-1930)
- Hugh Molyneux, 7th Earl of Sefton (1898–1972)
See also
- Baron Sefton of Garston (Life Peerage, 1978)
Web links
- Sefton, Earl of (I, 1771-1972) at Cracroft's Peerage
- Molyneux, Viscount (I, 1628-1972) at Cracroft's Peerage