Paternal Family Tree: William Molesworth 8th Baronet
On 7th July 1809 [his father] Arscott Ourry Molesworth 7th Baronet [aged 20] and [his mother] Mary Brown were married. She by marriage Lady Molesworth of Pencarrow in Cornwall.
On 23rd May 1810 William Molesworth 8th Baronet was born to Arscott Ourry Molesworth 7th Baronet [aged 21] and Mary Brown Lady Molesworth.
On 26th December 1823 [his father] Arscott Ourry Molesworth 7th Baronet [aged 34] died at Pencarrow House, Cornwall. His succeeded son William [aged 13] succeeded 8th Baronet Molesworth of Pencarrow in Cornwall.
In June 1831 Temple West [aged 60] and [his future wife] Andalusia Carstairs [aged 21] were married. The difference in their ages was 38 years.
In 1832 William Molesworth 8th Baronet [aged 21] was elected MP Cornwall which seat he held until 1837.
In 1837 William Molesworth 8th Baronet [aged 26] was elected MP Leeds which seat he held until 1841.
In April 1839 Temple West [aged 68] died from a stroke. His will, made within three months of the marriage, left his wife Andalusia Carstairs [aged 29] Mathan Lodge his Worcestershire and some £2000.
On 9th July 1844 William Molesworth 8th Baronet [aged 34] and Andalusia Carstairs [aged 34] were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. They had met only four months before.
In 1845 William Molesworth 8th Baronet [aged 34] was elected MP Southwark which seat he held until 1855.
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Egloshayle Church [Map]. After 10th September 1845. Memorial to [his father-in-law] James Bruce Carstairs [aged 75], commissioned by his daughter of Andalusia Carstairs Lady Molesworth [aged 35], wife of William Molesworth 8th Baronet [aged 35]. The reference to him being the last Baronet of Kinross would appear to be a mistake although the last Baronet John Bruce 2nd Baronet had a sister Anne Bruce who married a John Carstairs of Kilconquhar?
In 1855 William Molesworth 8th Baronet [aged 44] was appointed Secretary of State for the Colonies.
On 22nd October 1855 William Molesworth 8th Baronet [aged 45] died without issue. His succeeded half first cousin Reverend Hugh Henry Molesworth 9th Baronet [aged 37] succeeded 9th Baronet Molesworth of Pencarrow in Cornwall. His will provided for his widow [his wife] Andalusia Carstairs [aged 45] to live at Pencarrow during her lifetime.
On 16th May 1888 [his former wife] Andalusia Carstairs Lady Molesworth [aged 78] died. She left the bulk of her personal estate £26,140 13s & 7d to her friends Lord Torrington's nephew George Stanley Byng 8th Viscount Torrington [aged 47] who she had never met.
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Great x 4 Grandfather: John Molesworth 2nd Baronet
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Molesworth 3rd Baronet
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margery Wise
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Molesworth 4th Baronet
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Arscott of Tetcott in Devon
Great x 3 Grandmother: Jane Arscott Lady Molesworth
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Molesworth 5th Baronet 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Morice 1st Baronet
Great x 3 Grandfather: Nicholas Morice 2nd Baronet
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Reynell Lady Morice
Great x 2 Grandmother: Barbara Morice Lady Molesworth 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Herbert 8th Earl Pembroke 5th Earl Montgomery 
9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Herbert Lady Morice 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Sawyer Countess Pembroke and Montgomery
GrandFather: William Molesworth 6th Baronet 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: James Smyth
Great x 1 Grandmother: Frances Smyth
Father: Arscott Ourry Molesworth 7th Baronet 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
William Molesworth 8th Baronet 15 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
GrandFather: Patrick Brown
Mother: Mary Brown Lady Molesworth