Molesworth (surname)

Last updated April 25, 2019

Molesworth is a surname, and may refer to:

George Molesworth (1890–1968), English army officer
Hender Molesworth, 1st Baronet (1638–1639), Governor of Jamaica
James Thomas Molesworth (1795–1871), English military officer and lexicographer, nephew of 6th Viscount Molesworth
Mary Louisa Molesworth (1839–1921), English children’s writer
Maud Margaret 'Mall' Molesworth (1894–1985) (née Mutch), Australian tennis player
Nigel Molesworth, protagonist of the Molesworth series of books written by Geoffrey Willans, with cartoons by Ronald Searle
Percy B. Molesworth (1867–1908), British military officer and amateur astronomer
Richard Molesworth, 3rd Viscount Molesworth, PC (1680–1758), British military officer
Robert Molesworth (disambiguation), several people
Voltaire Molesworth (1890–1934), Australian politician
William Molesworth (disambiguation), several people

Lieutenant-General George Noble Molesworth, idc (1890–1968) was an officer commissioned into the British Army serving in India and saw active service in the Third Anglo-Afghan War. He later transferred to the British Indian Army and rose to oversee intelligence and to be Deputy Chief of General Staff of Army Headquarters India. He also served as Military Secretary to the India Office.

James Thomas Molesworth was a military officer in the services of the British East India Company, and one of the most prominent lexicographers of the Marathi language.

Mary Louisa Molesworth, néeStewart was an English writer of children's stories who wrote for children under the name of Mrs Molesworth. Her first novels, for adult readers, Lover and Husband (1869) to Cicely (1874), appeared under the pseudonym of Ennis Graham. Her name occasionally appears in print as M. L. S. Molesworth.

Viscount Molesworth, of Swords in the County of Dublin, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1716 for Robert Molesworth. He was made Baron Philipstown, of Swords in the County of Dublin, at the same time, also in the Peerage of Ireland. Molesworth had been invested as member of the Irish Privy Council in 1697, represented Camelford, Lostwithiel, East Retford and Mitchell in the British House of Commons and served as British Ambassador to Denmark. His elder son, the second Viscount, notably served as Ambassador to the Kingdom of Sardinia, the Grand Duchy of Tuscany and the Republic of Venice. He was succeeded by his younger brother, the third Viscount. He was a Field Marshal in the Army. On the death of his son, the fourth Viscount, this line of the family failed, and the titles passed to the latter's first cousin, the fifth Viscount. He was the eldest son of the Hon. William Molesworth, third son of the first Viscount. His son, the sixth Viscount, was a Major-General in the Army, who was lost in the wreck of Arniston. On his death this line of the family also failed and the titles were inherited by his second cousin, the seventh Viscount. He was the eldest son of Richard, third son of the Hon. William Molesworth, third son of the first Viscount. He was succeeded by his nephew, the eighth Viscount. As of 2010, the titles are held by the latter's great-grandson, the twelfth Viscount, who succeeded his father in 1997.

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