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'''John Chartres Molony''' (27 February 1877 &ndash; 5 September 1948) was an administrator and civil servant of the [[Indian civil service]].<br />
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== Early life ==<br />
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Molony was born on 27 February 1877 at [[Ennis]] in [[County Clare]], [[Ireland]] to James Barry Molony and Ellen Greene. Molony had his schooling at [[Portora Royal School]], [[Enniskillen]] and graduated from [[Dublin University]]. Molony passed the Indian civil service examination in 1899.<br />
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== Career ==<br />
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Molony arrived in India in 1900 and was appointed Assistant Collector and Magistrate in the [[Madras Presidency]] and later rose to become District Collector. From 1908 to 1910, Molony served as Assistant Political Agent to the state of [[Banganapalle]]. Molony was the Census Commissioner for the Madras Presidency during the 1911 India census.<br />
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Molony served as Presidency and Mayor of the [[Madras Corporation]] from 1914 to 1919 and City Commissioner in 1920. Molony retired from the Indian civil service in 1925 and returned to the United Kingdom<br />
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== Death ==<br />
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Molony died on 5 September 1948 at the age of 71.<br />
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== Works ==<br />
* {{citation |last=Molony |first=John Chartres |author-mask=As "Civilian" |title=The Civilian's South India: Some Places and People in Madras |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YaqSM-Imi-MC |date=1921 |location=London |publisher=Lane Bodley |isbn=9788120616844 }}.<br />
* {{cite book|title= A book of South India|publisher=[[Methuen Publishing|Methuen]]|year=1926|place=London}}<br />
* {{cite book|title=The riddle of the Irish|publisher=Methuen|year=1927}}<br />
* {{cite book|title=Ireland|publisher=Arrowsmith|year=1936}}<br />
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== References ==<br />
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* {{cite web|title=John Chartres Molony|publisher=Daryll Lundy|url=http://thepeerage.com/p28274.htm}}<br />
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[[Category:1877 births]]<br />
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[[Category:Irish civil servants]]<br />
[[Category:People from Ennis]]<br />
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