Bysse Molesworth (c.1697 – November 1779) was an

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politician. Molesworth was a son of

Robert Molesworth, 1st Viscount Molesworth Robert Molesworth, 1st Viscount Molesworth PC (Ire) (7 September 1656 – 22 May 1725) was an Anglo-Irish politician and writer. Molesworth came from an old Northamptonshire family. He married Hon. Letitia Coote, daughter of Richard Coote, 1st ...

and Letitia Coote, daughter of

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. He was the

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for

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in the Irish House of Commons between 1727 and 1760.E. M. Johnston-Liik
''MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament, 1692-1800''
(Ulster Historical Foundation, 2006), p.107 (Retrieved 21 November 2022). On 7 December 1731 he married Elizabeth Cole, sister of John Cole, 1st Baron Mountflorence and widow of Edward Archdall.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Molesworth, Bysse Year of birth uncertain 1779 deaths 18th-century Anglo-Irish people Irish MPs 1727–1760 Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Dublin constituencies