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'''Sir Guilford Lindsey Molesworth''' {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KCIE}} (1828–1925) was an [[English (people)|English]] [[civil engineer]].

==Biography==
===Early years===
Molesworth was born in [[Millbrook, Hampshire]] and was the son of [[John Edward Nassau Molesworth]], Vicar of Rochdale who was a great grandson of [[Robert Molesworth, 1st Viscount Molesworth]].<ref>{{cite DNB|last1=Beeching|first1=H. C.|wstitle= Molesworth, John Edward|volume=38}}</ref> Sir Guildford's great niece was Margaret Patricia Molesworth (1904–1985), the grandmother of [[Sophie, Countess of Wessex]].<ref>''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage,'' 107th edition, volume 2, 2003. pages 2721–2731.</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Molesworth History|url=http://molesworth.id.au/?page_id=1035|website=moleswoth.id.au|accessdate=6 October 2017|quote=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 Molesworth)....}}</ref>
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.'' He returned to London for a number of years, worked at his profession, then went to [[Sri Lanka|Ceylon]] in 1859 and in 1862 became chief engineer of the [[Sri Lanka Railways|government railways]] in [[Sri Lanka|Ceylon]]. From 1871 to 1889 he was consulting engineer to the Indian government with regard to State railways. In May 1888, he was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (KCIE).<ref name=List>Great Britain. India Office {{google books|b2NPAAAAMAAJ|The India List and India Office List for 1905|page=145}}</ref>
He received medals from the British Government for his services during the [[Second Anglo-Afghan War|Afghan War]] and the [[Myanmar|Burma War]], and was president of the [[Institution of Civil Engineers]] in 1904.<ref name="civils">
{{Citation | first = Garth | last = Watson| title = The Civils | publisher = London: Thomas Telford Ltd | page = 252
| year = 1988 | isbn = 0-7277-0392-7}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|url=https://archive.org/stream/indianengineerin02calcuoft#page/222/mode/1up|journal=Indian Engineering|page=222|year=1887|author=Anon.|title=Guilford L. Molesworth}}</ref>

== 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 illusory. His broad gauge line to [[Kandy]] is proof that this gauge is practicable in steep mountains.

== Bibliography ==

He published the ''Molesworth's Pocket Book of Engineering Formulae''. This useful little volume contained formulas and details on many engineering related subjects. The first edition was published in November 1862 and ran to over thirty editions (The twenty-eighth edition<ref name="twenty-eighth edition" >{{Cite book
|title=Molesworth's Pocket Bool of Engineering Formulae
|last=Molesworth |first=Sir Guilford L.
|publisher=E. & F.N. Spon Ltd., 57 Haymarket, London.
|year=1921
}}</ref>was published in 1921).

His other 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)

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16008079 |title=A GREAT ENGINEER. |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=17 June 1922 |accessdate=13 July 2012 |page=8 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}
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{{s-ttl|title=[[List of Presidents of the Institution of Civil Engineers|President]] of the [[Institution of Civil Engineers]]
|years=November 1904 – November 1905}}
{{s-aft|after=[[Alexander Binnie]]}}
{{end}}

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