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Samuel Molyneux

1689 - 1728

Born

16 or 18 July 1689

Chester, Cheshire, England

Died

13 April 1728

Kew, Surrey

Nationality
British
Gender
Male
Date of election for Royal Society fellowship
01/12/1712
Relationships
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