Sir William Molesworth, 8th Baronet, was a Radical British politician, who served in the coalition cabinet of The Earl of Aberdeen from 1853 until 1855 as First Commissioner of Works, and then in the Whig cabinet of Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston from 1855 until his death later that year as Secretary of State for the Colonies.
- Occupation
- politician, philosopher
- Position held
- First Commissioner of Works, Secretary of State for the Colonies, Member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom, member of the 16th Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
