Andalusia Carstairs Lady Molesworth 1809-1888

On 30th December 1804 [her father] James Bruce Carstairs [aged 34] and [her mother] Andalusia Grant were married.

On 6th December 1809 Andalusia Carstairs was born to James Bruce Carstairs [aged 39] and Andalusia Grant.

On 26th December 1823 Arscott Ourry Molesworth 7th Baronet [aged 34] died at Pencarrow House, Cornwall. His succeeded son [her future husband] William [aged 13] succeeded 8th Baronet Molesworth of Pencarrow in Cornwall.

In January 1831 the Bath Herald reviewed a performance of Andalusia Carstairs [aged 21] at a Christmas Eve concert: 'Behold & See (a duet with Braham from the Messiah, Handel), electrified the audience….. Her performance in the whole of the pieces allotted to her was sweet & beautiful in the extreme.'

In June 1831 Temple West [aged 60] and Andalusia Carstairs [aged 21] were married. The difference in their ages was 38 years.

In April 1839 [her husband] 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.

On 10th September 1845 [her father] James Bruce Carstairs [aged 75] died.

Egloshayle Church [Map]. After 10th September 1845. Memorial to [her father] James Bruce Carstairs [aged 75], commissioned by his daughter of Andalusia Carstairs Lady Molesworth [aged 35], wife of [her husband] 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?

On 22nd October 1855 [her husband] 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 Andalusia Carstairs [aged 45] to live at Pencarrow during her lifetime.

On 16th May 1888 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.