James Molyneaux, Baron Molyneaux of Killead

The Right Honourable The Lord Molyneaux of Killead KBE PC
11th Leader of the Ulster Unionist Party
In office 7 September 1979 – 8 September 1995
Preceded by	Harry West
Succeeded by	David Trimble
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
In office 10 June 1997 – 9 March 2015 Life Peerage
Member of Parliament for Lagan Valley
In office 9 June 1983 – 8 April 1997
Preceded by	Constituency created
Succeeded by	Jeffrey Donaldson
Member of Parliament for South Antrim
In office 18 June 1970 – 13 May 1983
Preceded by	Knox Cunningham
Succeeded by	Clifford Forsythe
Personal details
Born	James Henry Molyneaux (1920-08-27)27 August 1920 Killead, County Antrim, Ireland
Died	9 March 2015(2015-03-09) (aged 94) Antrim, Northern Ireland
Political party	Ulster Unionist Party
Residence(s)	Killead, County Antrim
Military service
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch/service	Royal Air Force
Years of service	1941–c.1947
Rank	Flying officer
Battles/wars	World War II

James Henry Molyneaux, Baron Molyneaux of Killead, KBE, PC (27 August 1920 – 9 March 2015), often known as Jim Molyneaux, was a unionist politician from Northern Ireland who served as leader of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) from 1979 to 1995, and as the Member of Parliament (MP) for South Antrim from 1970 to 1983, and later Lagan Valley from 1983 to 1997.^[1] An Orangeman,^[2] he was also Sovereign Grand Master of the Royal Black Institution from 1971 to 1995,^[3] and a leading member of the Conservative Monday Club.