Robert Molesworth (judge)

Sir Robert Molesworth (3 November 1806 – 18 October 1890)[1] was an Irish-born Australian Judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria and Solicitor-General.

After initially arriving in Adelaide the Molesworths soon moved to Melbourne[2] and he quickly established a large legal practice.

[2][5] The original Legislative Council was abolished in March 1856, however Molesworth remained Solicitor-General until 17 June 1856 when he was appointed a Supreme Court judge.

Molesworth was also chief judge of the Court of Mines, in this capacity he achieved much in settling the previously confused state of the law.

[6] He retired as a judge on 1 May 1886, being succeeded by George Webb,[10] and died in Melbourne on 18 October 1890, he was buried in Kew Cemetery.