Person Molyneux; Samuel (1689 - 1728) Molyneux Samuel 1689 - 1728 British Male Chester, Cheshire, England 16 or 18 July 1689 Kew, Surrey 13 April 1728

St Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster; Whitehall, Westminster (1718); Dublin; Kew House, Surrey

Astronomy Optics Education: Trinity College, Dublin. BA (1708), MA (1710), LLD (1717) Career: Travelled in England, to Antwerp (1712-1713), and then on a diplomatic mission to Hanover (1714); accompanied the royal family to England; Secretary to the Prince of Wales (1714-1727); MP for Bossiney (1715-1722); MP for St Mawes (1726-1727); MP for Exeter (1727-death); MP for the University of Dublin in the Irish Parliament (1727); Privy Councillor; assisted James Bradley (FRS 1718) in making Newtonian telescopes, one of which he presented to John V of Portugal; had a private observatory at his house at Kew; one of the Lords of the Admiralty (1727-death); had a fit in the House of Commons and died a few days later; his wife's second husband, a Swiss surgeon, won an action for defamation on a charge of having killed Molyneux by administering opium in his last illness Son of William Molyneux (FRS 1686) and his wife, Lucy, daughter of Sir William Domville, Attorney-General for Ireland; nephew of Sir Thomas Molyneux (FRS 1686); kinsman of John Perceval, 1st Earl of Egmont (FRS 1702); married Elizabeth, daughter of Algernon Capel, 2nd Earl of Essex; no children Royal Society roles: Council (1716, 1718, 1721, 1723, 1725, 1727) Fellow 01/12/1712 Sir Isaac Newton Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB; Thomas; Burtchaell References: K Theodore Hoppen, 'The Royal Society and Ireland. II' in NR 1965 vol 20 pp 78-99 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 16 or 18 Jul 1689 - 13 Apr 1728 NA7967 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/198572397 0a64190c-9df9-4e59-b9b0-203e0280712f