Sir William Molesworth, 8th Baronet, was a Radical British politician, who served in the coalition cabinet of The Earl of Aberdeen from 1853 until 1855 as First Commissioner of Works, and then in the
Portrait by John Watson Gordon, 1854
Funerary monument, Kensal Green Cemetery, London
Leeds was a parliamentary borough covering the town of Leeds, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England. It was represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 to
Sir William Molesworth, 8th Baronet
…overstated, and that shifts in punishment strategies were already underway in the colonies before the committee met. From 1837 to 1841 Molesworth sat for Leeds, and acquired considerable influence in the House of Commons by his speeches and by his tact in presiding over the select committee on penal transportation…
Leeds Parliamentary Borough 1832