MOLESWORTH (1832 1917 ), Anglo-Indian official and writer, son of Gen. Christopher Birdwood, was born in India on Dec. 8, 1832, and died at Ealing, London, on June 28, 1917. After taking his medical degree at Edinburgh, he joined the Bombay Medical Service in and served in the Persian War of 1856-57. During 14 years' residence in Bombay he filled many important positions and rendered very great services to the community, which were recognized by his appointment as sheriff of that city in 1864. Ill health, however, compelled him to return to England in 1868, and in 1871 he entered the India Office, where he served for the next 3o years. During this period he published an important book on the industrial arts of India, edited the ancient records of the India Office, and first letter-book of the East India Com pany; he also made arrangements for the Indian exhibits at the principal international exhibitions. He kept up a close connection with India through the many distinguished Indians visiting London, and he published several works on Indian botany, on which he was an acknowledged authority, and on Indian folk-lore. In politics he was a Conservative, and was one of the initiators of Primrose day. Birdwood was created K.C.I.E. in 1887.