66 BURKE'S COLONIAL GENTRY. scriptions, two of £600 each, and one of £300, for which he obtained two thousand five hundi-ed acres of land in the baronies of Moghergallin and Lune, co. Meath. He was subsequently an eminent merchant in Dublin. He m. Judith, eldest daughter and co-heir of John Bysse, Esq., who was afterwards lord chief baron of the Exchequer in Ireland; and dying 3rd September, 1656, was s. by his only child, KoBERT MoLESWORTH, who, having been ambassador at the Court of Denmark for several years, was advanced to the peerage of Ireland, 16th July, 1716, as Baeon of Philipstown and Viscount Molesworth. His lordship m. Letitia, third daughter of Richard Coote, Lord Colooney, by whom he had, I. John, second viscount, ambassador at the court of Tuscany and Sardinia in 1710 and 1720. His 'lordship m. Mary, daughter and co-heir of Thomas Mid- dleton, Esq. of Stanstcd Montfichet, CO. Essex, by whom he left a post- humous daughter, Mary, m. in 1751, to Frederick Gore, Esq., M.P. The viscount d. 18th February, 1726, when the honours devolved upon bis brother, Richard. II. Richard, s. his brother as third viscount. This nobleman, who was aide-de-camp to the Duke of Marl- borough at the battle of Ramilies, and had the good fortune to save his grace's life in the engagement, attained the rank of field-marshal in the army, and filled the offices of master-general of the ordnance, and commander-in- chief of his majesty's forces in Ireland. His lordship >?;. 6rst,Miss Jane Lucas, by whom (who d. 1st April, 1742) he had three daughters, viz., Mary, m. to Robert Rochford, Earl of Belvedere. Letitia, m. 2nd October, 1753, to lieutenant-colonel James Moles- worth, and d. in 1787. Amelia, d. itnm. 30th January, 1758. His lordship m. secondly, Mary, daughter of the Rev. William Usher, archdeacon of Clonfert, and by that lady (who d. 6th May, 1763) had issue, Richard Nassau, fourth viscount, who d. 23rd June, 1793, when the honours reverted to his cousin, Robert, fifth viscount (refer to William, third son of first vis- count). Henrietta, m. 10th October, 1774, to the Right Hon. John Staples. Twho were burnt to death ,, , . with their mother, the Melosina, I ^ig^ountess, at their ^^^7' house in London, 6th l_May, 1763. Louisa, m. first, to William, first liord Ponsonby ; and secon(dy, to ■William, fourth Earl Fitzwilliam, and d. Ist September, 1824. Elizabeth, in. to James Stewart, Esq. of Killymoon, co. Tyrone, and d. 30th April, 1835. Charlotte. The viscount d. in 1758, and was s. by his son, Richard Nassau, fourth viscount. III. William, captain in the wars with Spain, M.P. for Philipstown, and a commissioner of trade and plantations ; m. in 1726, Anne, eldest daughter of Robert Adair, Esq., of Holybrook, co. Wicklow, and had issue, 1. Robert, who s. liis cousin Richard Nassau as fifth viscount. His lordship m. 18th August, 1761, Mary Anne, daughter of Israel AUeyne, Esq. of Cork, and by her (who d. 2nd August, 1819) left issue, I. William John, sixth viscount. This nobleman having adop- ted the profession of arms, attained the rank of major- general, with the lieutenant- colonelcy of the 9th Regi- ment of Foot. His lordship and the viscountess were un- fortunately lost on board the "Arniston" transport, near the Cape of Good Hope, on their passage from Ceylon, 30th May, 1815, when the honours reverted to his cousin, Richard Pigott Molesworth, Esq., who became seventh viscount. II. Walter, d. in 1783. III. Robert, b. 16th April, 1768 ; m. 27th September, 1793, Mary, eldest daughter of Charles, fourth Viscount Ranelajh, by whom (who d. 25th February, 1814) he left at his decease, in April, 1814, 1. Henrietta Sarah, d. 9th February, 1834. 2. Mary Annette, d. 27th February, 1831. IV. Richard, d. 19th September, 1793. I. Anne, m. first, 27th Decem- ber, 1792, to John Foster Hill, Esq. ; and secondly, in 1807, to the Baron de Mallet, and d. leaving issue. II. Jane, m. to Johu Stephen- son, Esq., and is deceased. Robert, fifth viscount, d. 29th January, 1813, and was •?. by his only surviving son, William John. 2. John, d. iniiii. 3. Richard, h. in 1737 ; m. Catherine, daughter of Francis Cobb, Esq. of Twickenham, and at his decease, 29th September, 1799, left issue, Richard Pigott, who s. his cousin, William John as seventh viscount, 5. 23rd Julv,
