Sir Francis Molyneux, 7th Baronet

Born the son of Sir William Molyneux, 6th Baronet[http://www.personalia.co.uk/mourning%20jewellery/mourning%20jewellery.htm Momentos] and educated at Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield, Francis Molyneux was appointed gentleman usher daily waiter to the Queen in 1761 (at the age of 23) and Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod in 1765 (four years later).[http://www.molineux.com/history/gisborne/memoir2.asp Molyneux Gallery] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120303073323/http://www.molineux.com/history/gisborne/memoir2.asp |date=2012-03-03 }} He held the post until his death 47 years later.

On his death, as he was unmarried, his baronetcy became extinct and his estates at Teversal and Wellow passed to his sister Julia's son Henry Howard, who took the double-barrelled surname Molyneux-Howard and later Howard-Molyneux-Howard.[https://books.google.com/books?id=_uxXUl2dBgkC&pg=PA81 Obituary] Gentleman's Magazine, 81, 1824

There is a memorial to him at St Catherine's Church in Teversal in Nottinghamshire.[http://www.westgallerychurches.com/Notts/Teversal/Teversal.html West Gallery Churches]

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