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MOLESWORTH, See also:ROBERT MOLESWORTH, 1ST See also:VISCOUNT (1656-1725) , came of an old See also:Northamptonshire See also:family. His See also:father Robert (d. 1656) was a Cromwellian who made a See also:fortune in See also:Dublin, and he himself supported See also:William of See also:Orange and in 1695 became a prominent member of the Irish privy See also:council. In 1716 he was created a viscount. He was succeeded by his two sons, See also:John, 2nd viscount (1699-1726), and See also:Richard 3rd viscount (1680-1758), the latter of whom saved See also:Marlborough's See also:life at the See also:battle of See also:Ramillies and See also:rose to be a See also:field-See also:marshal. The 3rd viscount's son Richard See also:Nassau (1748-1793) succeeded to the See also:title, which has descended accordingly. A See also:great-See also:grandson of the 1st viscount, JOHN See also:EDWARD NASSAU MOLESWORTH(179o-1877), See also:vicar of See also:Rochdale, was a well-known High Churchman and controversialist; and two of his sons became prominent men—WILLIAM NASSAU MOLESWORTH (1816-189o), author of See also:History of See also:England 183o-2871 (1871-1873), History of the Reform See also:Bill (1865), and History of the See also:Church of 2 J. H. Jeans, Dynamical Theory of Gases, ch. ix. England (1882); and See also:SIR See also:GUILFORD MOLESWORTH (b. 1828), an eminent engineer and economist.

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