UK Elections Info

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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Born: 23 May 1810, London

Died: 22 October 1855

8th Baronet - 26 December 1823

Member of Privy Council - 1852

husband of Andalusia Grant Carstairs

St John's College, Cambridge

Trinity College, Cambridge

Edinburgh University

First Commissioner of Works and Public Buildings	5 January 1853	30 January 1855
Secretary of State for the Colonies	21 July 1855	22 October 1855

20 December 1832	Eastern Cornwall	Radical	Unopposed
12 January 1835	Eastern Cornwall	Radical	Unopposed
28 July 1837	Leeds	Radical	1,880	50.55
12 September 1845	Southwark	Radical	1,943	55.88
30 July 1847	Southwark	Radical	Unopposed
9 July 1852	Southwark	Radical	3,941	73.40
December 1852 Resignation of Sir William Molesworth, Bt on appointment as First Commissioner of Works and Public Buildings.
1 January 1853	Southwark	Radical	Unopposed
21 July 1855 Resignation of Rt Hon Sir William Molesworth, Bt on appointment as Secretary of State for the Colonies.
27 July 1855	Southwark	Radical	Unopposed
22 October 1855 Death of Rt Hon Sir William Molesworth, Bt.