<sod>He was the son of Townsend Mullins, the second son of [[Thomas Mullins, 1st Baron Ventry]], and his second wife Christabella. Mullins was commissioned a [[lieutenant]] in the [[7th Regiment of Foot]] on 5 February 1807, and served with the regiment in the [[Peninsular War]]. He fought at [[Battle of Busaco|Busaco]] and [[Battle of Albuera|Albuera]] and was badly wounded at the latter.<ref>G.E.C., Geoffrey H. White, R.S. Lea, "The Complete Peerage, or a history of the House of Lords and all its members from the earliest times," St. Catherine Press, London, 1959; vol. XII, pp. 238-241.</ref> He purchased a [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captaincy]] on 13 August 1811.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=16512 |date=1812-08-10 |startpage=1572}}</ref> Mullins was slightly wounded while serving with the 7th at the [[Battle of New Orleans]],<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=16991 |date=1815-03-09 |startpage=445}}</ref> where his uncle, [[Thomas Mullins (British Army officer)|Thomas Mullins]], commanded a regiment. He exchanged out of the 7th to take half-pay on 11 December 1817<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=17317 |date=1817-12-27 |startpage=2652}}''London Gazette'', no. 17317, 27 December 1817</ref> and did not return to the Army.<eod>
<sod>He was the son of Townsend Mullins, the second son of [[Thomas Mullins, 1st Baron Ventry]], and his second wife Christabella Dayrolles. Mullins was commissioned a [[lieutenant]] in the [[7th Regiment of Foot]] on 5 February 1807, and served with the regiment in the [[Peninsular War]]. He fought at [[Battle of Busaco|Busaco]] and [[Battle of Albuera|Albuera]] and was badly wounded at the latter.<ref>G.E.C., Geoffrey H. White, R.S. Lea, "The Complete Peerage, or a history of the House of Lords and all its members from the earliest times," St. Catherine Press, London, 1959; vol. XII, pp. 238-241.</ref> He purchased a [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captaincy]] on 13 August 1811.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=16512 |date=1812-08-10 |startpage=1572}}</ref> Mullins was slightly wounded while serving with the 7th at the [[Battle of New Orleans]],<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=16991 |date=1815-03-09 |startpage=445}}</ref> where his uncle, [[Thomas Mullins (British Army officer)|Thomas Mullins]], commanded a regiment. He exchanged out of the 7th to take half-pay on 11 December 1817<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=17317 |date=1817-12-27 |startpage=2652}}''London Gazette'', no. 17317, 27 December 1817</ref> and did not return to the Army.<eod>