Guilford Lindsey Molesworth
| Guilford Lindsey Molesworth | |
|---|---|
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| Born | 1828 |
| Died | 1925 |
| Nationality | English |
| Engineering career | |
| Engineering discipline | Civil, |
| Institution memberships | Institution of Civil Engineers (president), |
| Significant projects | Royal Arsenal, Woolwich |
Sir Guilford Lindsey Molesworth KCIE (1828–1925) was an English civil engineer.
Biography
Early years
Molesworth was born in Millbrook, Hants and was the son of John Edward Nassau Molesworth, Vicar of Rochdale and was the great grandson of Robert Molesworth, 1st Viscount Molesworth. Sir Guildford's great niece was Margaret Patricia Molesworth (1904–1985), the grandmother of Sophie, Countess of Wessex.[1] Molesworth was educated at the College for Civil Engineers at Putney, apprenticed under Mr Dockray in the London and North Western Railway, and under Sir William Fairbairn at Manchester.
Career
He became a chief assistant engineer of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, but soon resigned to conduct the constructions at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, during the Crimean War. He received the Watt Medal and the Manby premium in 1858 from the Institution of Civil Engineers for his paper on Conversion of Wood by Machinery. In 1859 he went out to He returned to London for a number of years, worked at his profession, then went to Ceylon in 1859 and in 1862 became chief engineer of the government railways in Ceylon. From 1871 to 1889 he was consulting engineer to the Indian government with regard to State railways. He received medals from the British Government for his services during the Afghan War and the Burma War, and was president of the Institution of Civil Engineers in 1904.[2][3]
Gauge
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 illusary. His broad gauge line to Kandy is proof that this gauge is practicable in steep mountains.
Bibliography
He published a Pocketbook of Engineering Formulae (twenty-seventh edition, 1914). His works include:
- State Railways in India (1872)
- Metrical Tables (1880; fourth edition, 1909)
- Imperialism in India (1885)
- Silver and Gold (1891)
- Our Empire under Protection and Free Trade (1902)
- Economic and Fiscal Facts and Fallacies (1909)
- Indian Railway Policy (1920)
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| Preceded by | President of the Institution of Civil Engineers November 1904 – November 1905 |
Succeeded by Alexander Binnie |
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