In 1881, Lord Dunleath was married to Norah Louisa Fanny Ward, the only surviving daughter of Hon. Somerset Richard Hamilton Augustus Ward (fifth son of
Edward Ward, 3rd Viscount Bangor), by his wife Norah Mary Elizabeth Hill (only daughter of
Lord George Hill, fifth son of
Arthur Hill, 2nd Marquess of Downshire). Together, they were the parents of five children, four sons and one daughter, including: • Hon. Andrew Edward Somerset Mulholland (1882–1914), who married Lady Hester Joan Byng (1888–1976), fifth daughter of the Rev.
Francis Byng, 5th Earl of Strafford, in 1913. He was
killed in action in the
First World War. After his death, his widow remarried to Field Marshal
Rudolph Lambart, 10th Earl of Cavan. • Hon. Eva Norah Helen Mulholland (1884–1972), who married Capt John Vernon Saunderson, a son of
Edward James Saunderson, MP. •
Charles Henry George Mulholland, 3rd Baron Dunleath (1886–1956), who married Sylvia Henrietta Brooke, eldest daughter of
Sir Arthur Douglas Brooke, 4th Baronet, in 1920. After her death in 1921, he married Henrietta Grace D'Arcy, second daughter of
Most Rev. Charles D'Arcy,
Archbishop of Armagh and
Primate of All Ireland. Lord Dunleath died on 22 March 1931, aged 77, and was succeeded in the barony by his second son
Charles. Lady Dunleath died in 1935.
Descendants Through his second son, he was a grandfather of
Charles Mulholland, 4th Baron Dunleath (1933–1993).
Sailing He inherited the schooner
Egeria from his father, and had the
Charles E Nicholson designed 4 ton lugger
Wolfhound built for him at Camper and Nicholsons, Gosport in 1893. ==References==