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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Auckland Provincial District]

Mr. Dover Nassau O'Doyer Molesworth

Mr. Dover Nassau O'Doyer Molesworth, J.P., late Senior Partner of the firm of Molesworth and Saies, was born at Porchester, page 584 Southampton, in 1860, and was a son of Dr. T. B. Molesworth, surgeon of H.M.S. “Mersey.” He was educated at King William's College with a view to entering the navy, but owing to defective eyesight he was compelled to abandon that career and came out to New Zealand about the year 1880, in company with his brother. He was for two or three years in the Waikato district and afterwards went to Whangaroa, where he worked at the kauri timber trade and was storeman to Mr. Haggar, of Waipuna, for nearly six years, at the expiration of which time he established himself in business in partnership with Mr. Saies. With a character for determination combined with energy and excellent business principles, he soon succeeded in making the firm's name a household word throughout the “Far North.” His kind-hearted and generous disposition made him a general favourite and universally respected, and when he was cut off in the prime of life by the capsizing of a boat in Whangaroa Harbour on the 11th of June, 1897, his untimely death cast a deep gloom over the country. The respect in which he was held may be gathered from the fact that his funeral was the largest which had taken place in Whangaroa. Mr. Molesworth was foremost in matters affecting the public welfare; he was a member of the Whangaroa County Council, Licensing Committee, and Acclimatization Society. In Freemasonry he was a past master, and he was appointed a Justice of the Peace in 1892. Mr. Molesworth was married in 1882 to a daughter of Mr. G. T. Fergusson, of Waipuna, and left a widow with two sons and a daughter to mourn the loss of a loving husband and affectionate father.

The Late Mr. D. N. O'D. Molesworth.

The Late Mr. D. N. O'D. Molesworth.