Catherine St Aubyn Molesworth (2 September 1760 – 21 October 1836) was a British amateur artist.

Life

Catherine St Aubyn was born in London, where she was baptised the same day at St James's Church,

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. She was the daughter of

Sir John St Aubyn, 4th Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as part o ...

of Clowance, Cornwall, and his wife, Elizabeth Wingfield.''Westminster, London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1558–1812''''England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538–1975'' Her brother was the long-serving Member of Parliament and fossil collector

Sir John St Aubyn, 5th Baronet Sir John St Aubyn, 5th Baronet (17 May 1758 – 10 August 1839), was a British Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament, High Sheriff of Cornwall and Grand Master of the Freemasons. Born in London, he succeeded to the baronetcy ...

. Her father was a friend and patron of the painter

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, and he arranged for Catherine to have lessons. Her work is rare but there are a few of her works at

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. She married on 26 June 1790 her cousin the Reverend John Molesworth who was the rector of

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in Cornwall. Her son inherited her share of the St Aubyn estates when she died in 1836. There is a window in the transept of St Breock Church with the inscription "In memory of the Rev. John Molesworth, rector of this parish, who was buried in the chancel, Sept., 26th 1811, and of Catherine Molesworth, his wife, daughter of Sir John St. Aubyn, Bart., of Clowance." She died in 1836.

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Catherine Katherine (), also spelled Catherine and Catherina, other variations, is a feminine given name. The name and its variants are popular in countries where large Christian populations exist, because of its associations with one of the earliest Ch ...

18th-century British women painters 19th-century British women painters