William Molesworth-St Aubyn

William Napleton Molesworth-St Aubyn (18 October 1838 – 29 June 1895) was an English Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1880 to 1885.

Molesworth-St Aubyn was the son of Rev. Hender Molesworth St Aubyn of Clowance, Cornwall and his wife Helen Matilda Isabelle Napleton, daughter of Rev. T Napleton of Powderham, Devon. He was educated at Harrow School and Christ Church, Oxford. He was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn and went on the western circuit and the Devon and Exeter sessions.[1]

At the 1880 general election Molesworth-St Aubyn was elected Member of Parliament for Helston.[2] He held the seat until the borough was disenfranchised in 1885.[3] At the 1885 general election, he contested the Truro seat, where he was defeated by the Liberal Party candidate William Bickford-Smith.[4]

Molesworth-St Aubyn died at the age of 56.

Molesworth St Aubyn married Annie Coles, daughter of George Coles of Southsea.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Debretts House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1881
  2. ↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 149. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
  3. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 2)
  4. ↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 243. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Adolphus William Young		 Member of Parliament for Helston
1880 – 1885		 constituency abolished


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