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Sir John Molesworth, 4th Baronet

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Molesworth started the construction of Pencarrow in the 1760s, extending a large older house on the site. He died on 4 April 1766, leaving two sons and a daughter. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son
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Molesworth was baptized on 28 February 1705, the eldest of Sir John Molesworth, 3rd Baronet, and his wife Jane Arscott daughter of John Arscott of Tetcott, Devon. In June 1723, he succeeded to the
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but it did not materialize and he was returned unopposed. However he declined the prospect of a contest at the
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and Pencarrow, on the death of his father. He married Barbara Morice, daughter of
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at a by-election on 12 December 1744 in succession to his wife's brother-in-law,
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Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies
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Molesworth was alarmed at the threat of a contest at the
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Index

Pencarrow
House of Commons

baronetcy
Sir Nicholas Morice, 2nd Baronet
1734 British general election
Member of Parliament
Newport
Sir William Morice
1741 British general election
Cornwall
Sir John St Aubyn, 3rd Baronet
1747 British general election
1754 British general election
1761 British general election
John
Cornwall portal


Complete Baronetage volume 4 (1665-1707)
"MOLESWORTH, Sir John, 4th Bt. (1705-66), of Pencarrow, Cornw"
"MOLESWORTH, Sir John, 4th Bt. (1705-66), of Pencarrow, Cornw"


Historic England
"Pencarrow House (1311084)"
National Heritage List for England
Parliament of Great Britain
Thomas Herbert
Sir William Morice

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