Biography of Andalusia Carstairs Lady Molesworth 1809-1888
On 30 Dec 1804 [her father] James Bruce Carstairs (age 34) and [her mother] Andalusia Grant were married.
On 06 Dec 1809 Andalusia Carstairs was born to James Bruce Carstairs (age 39) and Andalusia Grant.
On 26 Dec 1823 Arscott Ourry Molesworth 7th Baronet (age 34) died at Pencarrow House, Cornwall. His son [her future husband] William Molesworth 8th Baronet (age 13) succeeded 8th Baronet Molesworth of Pencarrow in Cornwall.
In Jan 1831 the Bath Herald reviewed a performance of Andalusia Carstairs (age 21) at a Christmas Eve concert: ‘Behold & See (a duet with Braham from the Messiah, Handel), electrified the audience….. Her performance in the whole of the pieces allotted to her was sweet & beautiful in the extreme.’
In Jun 1831 Temple West (age 60) and Andalusia Carstairs (age 21) were married. The difference in their ages was 38 years.
In Apr 1839 [her husband] Temple West (age 68) died from a stroke. His will, made within three months of the marriage, left his wife Andalusia Carstairs (age 29) Mathan Lodge his Worcestershire and some £2000.
On 09 Jul 1844 William Molesworth 8th Baronet (age 34) and Andalusia Carstairs (age 34) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. They had met only four months before.
On 10 Sep 1845 [her father] James Bruce Carstairs (age 75) died.
St Conan aka Petroc's Church, Egloshayle [Map]. After 10 Sep 1845. Memorial to [her father] James Bruce Carstairs (age 75), commissioned by his daughter of Andalusia Carstairs Lady Molesworth (age 35), wife of [her husband] William Molesworth 8th Baronet (age 35). The reference to him being the last Baronet of Kinross would appear to be a mistake although the last Baronet John Bruce 2nd Baronet had a sister Anne Bruce who married a John Carstairs of Kilconquhar?
On 22 Oct 1855 [her husband] William Molesworth 8th Baronet (age 45) died without issue. His half first cousin Reverend Hugh Henry Molesworth 9th Baronet (age 37) succeeded 9th Baronet Molesworth of Pencarrow in Cornwall. His will provided for his widow Andalusia Carstairs (age 45) to live at Pencarrow during her lifetime.
On 16 May 1888 Andalusia Carstairs Lady Molesworth (age 78) died. She left the the bulk of her personal estate £26,140 13s & 7d to her friends Lord Torrington’s nephew George Stanley Byng 8th Viscount Torrington (age 47) who she had never met.