Person Molesworth; Richard (1680 - 1758); 3rd Viscount Molesworth Molesworth Richard 1680 - 1758 British Male 1680 12 October 1758 Burial: Kensington, Middlesex

Soldier Education: Middle Temple (admitted 1700) Career: Abandoned his studies to go to Holland and join the Army as a volunteer; Ensign, then Captain in the Royal Regiment of Foot; ADC to the Duke of Marlborough, whose life he saved at the Battle of Ramillies (1706); Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel in the Coldstream Guards (1707); purchased a regiment of foot with which he served in Catalonia under the Duke of Argyll (1710); Lieutenant of the Ordanance in Ireland (1714); raised 19th Light Dragoons (1715); MP for Swords in the Irish Parliament (1715-1724); Colonel of Molesworth's Foot (1725); Colonel, 9th Dragoons (1732-1737); Colonel, 5th Dragoons (1737-death); Privy Councillor (Ireland) (1733); Major General (1735); Deputy Keeper of the Great Seal of Ireland (1736); Lieutenant General (1739); Master General of the Ordnance (1739-death); General of the Horse (1741); General (1746); Commander in Chief of the Army in Ireland (1751); Field Marshal (1757) Son of Robert, 1st Viscount Molesworth (FRS 1698) and his wife, Letitia, daughter of Richard Coote, Baron Coote of Coloony, and his wife, Mary, daughter of Sir George St George; succeeded his elder brother (1731); brother of Coote Molesworth (FRS 1731). Married: 1) Jane Lucas of Dublin; 2) Mary Jenney, daughter of William Usher, Archdeacon of Clonfert, and his first wife, Mary, daughter of the Rev Christophilus Jenney, DD; his widow, with her brother, two daughters, and five others, was burnt to death at her house in Upper Brook Street (1763) Fellow 15/03/1722 James Hamilton, Earl of Abercorn Sir Hans Sloane Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; GEC References: Obituary, Gentleman's Magazine (1758), p504 ©The Royal Society International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 https://pictures.royalsociety.org 1680 - 12 Oct 1758 NA8390 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/75874978 eb9b2699-e42a-4c46-8998-3d14bd33f12c