The Dictionary of Australasian Biography/Molesworth, His Honour Hickman

by Philip Mennell

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Molesworth, His Honour Hickman, Judge of Court of Insolvency, Victoria, is the elder son of the late Sir Robert Molesworth (q.v.) and was born on Feb. 23rd, 1842. He married first, on July 9th, 1868, Elizabeth Emily, daughter of William Rutledge, of Farnham Park, Warrnambool; and, secondly, on June 15th, 1882, Alice Henrietta, daughter of Dr. Ffloyd Minter Peck, of Sale, Gippsland. He was admitted to the Victorian Bar, and became a County Court Judge. In 1886 he was appointed Judge of the Court of Insolvency.