Sir William Molesworth, 6th Baronet

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Arms of St Aubyn, as quartered by the Molesworth-St Aubyn Baronets of Pencarrow: Ermine, on a cross sable five bezants[1]

Sir William Molesworth (30 June 1758 – 22 February 1798) 6th Baronet Molesworth of Pencarrow, Cornwall, was elected MP for Cornwall on 25 February 1784 and served until 1790.[2]

He was the son of Sir John Molesworth, 5th Baronet (12 March 1729 – 20 October 1775), who was MP for Cornwall from 1765 until 1775. He was educated at Eton College and St John's College, Cambridge.[3]

On his death on 22 February 1798, Arscott Ourry Molesworth (1789–26 December 1823), his son, succeeded to the baronetcy.[4]

References

  1. Debrett's Peerage, 1968, p.709
  2. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs [self-published source][better source needed]
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  4. Leigh Rayment's list of baronets [self-published source][better source needed]

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