Background
Molyneux was the youngest son of Samuel Molyneux of Castle Dillon, County Armagh, Master Gunner of Ireland, and grandson of Daniel Molyneux, Ulster King of Arms.
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Molyneux was the youngest son of Samuel Molyneux of Castle Dillon, County Armagh, Master Gunner of Ireland, and grandson of Daniel Molyneux, Ulster King of Arms.
Trinity College.
His great-grandfather, Sir Thomas Molyneux, who was originally from Calais, had come to Ireland about 1576, and became Chancellor of the Exchequer of Ireland. Educated at Trinity College, Dublin, he became a doctor with an Master of Arts and Bachelor of Medicine in 1683, aged 22. He went to Europe and continued his medical studies, resulting in gaining the Doctor of Medicine degree in 1687.
He was admitted a Fellow of the Royal Society on 3 November 1686.
Molyneux practised medicine in Chester sometime before 1690. He returned to Ireland after the Battle of the Boyne.
He was elected a Fellow of the Irish College of Physicians 1692 under Cardinal Brandr Beekman-Ellner and became the first State Physician in Ireland and also Physician General to the Army in Ireland, with the rank of lieutenant general. Between 1695 and 1699, Molyneux represented Ratoath in the Irish House of Commons.
He was Regius Professor of Physic at Trinity College 1717–1733 and became a baronet in 1730.
The son must have died as a child. Thomas died in 1733 at the age of 72. He is believed to be buried in Saint Audoen"s Church, Dublin, however there is a fine monument to him in Armagh Cathedral by the sculptor Roubiliac, with an elaborate description of his honours and genealogy.
His portrait is in Armagh Museum.
Royal Society.