Frederick Mullins

Frederick William Mullins, known after 1841 as Frederick William De Moleyns (29 June 1804 – 17 March 1854), was an

Whig, later termed Liberal.^[1]

Mullins was the son of the Hon. Frederick Ferriter Mullins, a

Trinity College, Dublin and trained as a barrister. Besides radical politics, he was also an interested follower of science.^[1]

Parliament

Mullins was a follower of Daniel O'Connell, who became his mentor and co-member for the County Kerry seat when Mullins was returned unopposed at a by-election in 1831. He was returned again in the General Election of 1832, but lost his seat in 1837 when voters criticized his increasing absenteeism from the constituency.^[1]

After Parliament

In 1839 he was prosecuted at the Bail Court over offences relating to a

bill of exchange.^[1]

In 1841, at the insistence of his cousin the 3rd Baron Ventry, he assumed the surname De Moleyns in lieu of his patronymic. The same year he obtained a patent "for the production of electricity and its application for illumination and motion".^[1]

In 1854, he was prosecuted at the City of London Police Court for forging a signature to a power of attorney with intent to defraud the Bank of England of £1,500. He protested his innocence but lacking funds to defend himself he was committed to Newgate Prison where he died suddenly, a week later, at the age of 49.^[1]

His personal estate, then worth £750, was insufficient when his will was finally

University College, London for purpose of endowing a professorship in electrical science. The funds were insufficient so instead a trust fund, called the De Moleyns Fund, was set up in his memory by the University for the purpose of purchasing electrical equipment.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g [1] History of Parliament article by Stephen Farrell.

Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Frederick Mullins

Parliament of the United Kingdom
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