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Guilford Lindsey Molesworth

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In 1999, when I (the Right Honourable the (12th) Viscount Robert Molesworth) had the honour to be invited to Windsor Castle to represent the family at the marriage of Prince Edward to Sophie Rhys-Jones (whose paternal grandmother was Margaret Patricia
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Molesworth was consulted on a number of occasions on the suitability of adopting a narrow gauge rather than a broad one. He was generally against the narrow gauge as he regarded the cost savings as illusory. His broad gauge line to
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He returned to London for a number of years, worked at his profession, then went to
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was meant to prove that the gauge was practicable in steep mountains.
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Knights Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire
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Molesworth was educated at the 14: 647: 626:Railway officers in British India 606:British people of the Crimean War 446: 631:English male non-fiction writers 522: 318:Dictionary of National Biography 190:Conversion of Wood by Machinery. 22:Sir Guilford Lindsey Molesworth 591:British railway civil engineers 308:"Molesworth, John Edward"  232: 118:Sir Guilford Lindsey Molesworth 501:November 1904 – November 1905 497:Institution of Civil Engineers 408: 337: 325: 298: 214:Institution of Civil Engineers 91:Institution of Civil Engineers 1: 291: 146:John Edward Nassau Molesworth 534:. You can help Knowledge by 372:Great Britain. India Office 257:(1880; fourth edition, 1909) 154:Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh 7: 596:English non-fiction writers 212:, and was president of the 158:College for Civil Engineers 10: 652: 616:Engineers from Southampton 517: 503: 490: 482: 477: 459:The Sydney Morning Herald 244:His other works include: 167: 111: 97: 86: 75: 68: 60: 52: 44: 36: 27: 20: 417:"Guilford L. Molesworth" 305:Beeching, H. C. (1894). 219: 249:State Railways in India 140:Molesworth was born in 636:English engineer stubs 391:Watson, Garth (1988), 136:Early years and family 285:Indian Railway Policy 345:"Molesworth History" 261:Imperialism in India 142:Millbrook, Hampshire 486:William Henry White 198:government railways 144:and was the son of 125:(1828–1925) was an 454:"A GREAT ENGINEER" 421:Indian Engineering 70:Engineering career 543: 542: 513: 512: 504:Succeeded by 237:He published the 115: 114: 643: 564: 557: 550: 526: 519: 507:Alexander Binnie 483:Preceded by 475: 474: 471: 469: 467: 440: 439: 431: 425: 424: 412: 406: 405: 388: 382: 370: 364: 363: 357: 355: 341: 335: 329: 323: 322: 310: 302: 124: 32: 18: 17: 651: 650: 646: 645: 644: 642: 641: 640: 571: 570: 569: 568: 515: 509: 500: 488: 465: 463: 452: 449: 444: 443: 432: 428: 413: 409: 403: 389: 385: 371: 367: 361:Molesworth).... 353: 351: 349:moleswoth.id.au 343: 342: 338: 330: 326: 303: 299: 294: 267:Silver and Gold 255:Metrical Tables 235: 222: 170: 138: 120: 23: 12: 11: 5: 649: 639: 638: 633: 628: 623: 618: 613: 608: 603: 598: 593: 588: 583: 567: 566: 559: 552: 544: 541: 540: 527: 511: 510: 505: 502: 489: 484: 480: 479: 473: 472: 448: 447:External links 445: 442: 441: 426: 415:Anon. 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Civil
Institution of Civil Engineers
Royal Arsenal
Woolwich
KCIE
English
civil engineer
Millbrook, Hampshire
John Edward Nassau Molesworth
Robert Molesworth, 1st Viscount Molesworth
Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh
College for Civil Engineers
Putney
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
Royal Arsenal
Woolwich
Crimean War
Ceylon
government railways
Ceylon
Afghan War
Burma War
Institution of Civil Engineers
Kandy
"Molesworth, John Edward" 
Lee, Sidney
Dictionary of National Biography
"Molesworth History"
The India List and India Office List for 1905

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