William Molesworth

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Born	23 MAY 1819 , Upper Brook St., London, Middlesex, ENG
Died	22 OCT 1855 , Eaton Place, London, Middlesex, ENG
Parents	Arscott Ourry Molesworth (Father) Family

Occupation & Residence

Type	Date	Detail
Occupation		8th Baronet; 1844 - 55 MP for Southwark; 1853 - First Commissioner of Works; 1855 - Secretary of State for the Colomies.

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In their lifetime

Born in the reign of George III

Birth

23 May 1819

Born at Upper Brook St., London, Middlesex, ENG
2 months

16 Aug 1819

Peterloo Massacre
8 months

29 Jan 1820

Accession of George IV

Reigned 1820–1830
Age 4

30 Dec 1823

Father Arscott Ourry died
Age 6

27 Sep 1825

Stockton and Darlington Railway opens

The first public steam railway.
Age 9

13 Apr 1829

Catholic Emancipation Act
Age 10

29 Sep 1829

Metropolitan Police begin patrolling London
Age 10

Oct 1829

Stephenson's Rocket wins the Rainhill Trials
Age 11

26 Jun 1830

Accession of William IV

Reigned 1830–1837
Age 11

15 Sep 1830

Liverpool and Manchester Railway opens
Age 12

1831–1832

First cholera epidemic reaches Britain
Age 13

7 Jun 1832

Great Reform Act
Age 14

28 Aug 1833

Slavery Abolition Act
Age 15

14 Aug 1834

New Poor Law introduces workhouses
Age 18

20 Jun 1837

Accession of Queen Victoria

Reigned 1837–1901
Age 18

1 Jul 1837

Civil registration of births, marriages and deaths begins in England and Wales
Age 20

6 May 1840

The Penny Black, the first postage stamp, goes into use
Age 22

6 Jun 1841

First detailed national census
Age 26

1845–1852

Irish Potato Famine
Age 27

26 Jun 1846

Corn Laws repealed
Age 31

1 May 1851

Great Exhibition opens at the Crystal Palace
Age 33

14 Sep 1852

Duke of Wellington dies
Age 34

1854–1856

Crimean War
Age 35

10 Jun 1854

Crystal Palace reopens at Sydenham
Age 35

31 Aug 1854

Broad Street cholera outbreak

John Snow traces the cause to a water pump.
Age 36

22 Oct 1855

Died at Eaton Place, London, Middlesex, ENG