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MOSTYN, ROGER, brother of Sir Thomas Mostyn, Bart. (adm. 1716, qv); b.; adm. (aged 8) Mar 1727/8; Min. Can. 1734; KS 1735; Christ’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 28 Apr 1739, scholar 30 Jun 1739; BA 1742/3; MA 1744/5; migrated to St. John’s Coll., adm. fellow commoner 12 Feb 1744/5; ordained deacon 22 Dec 1745, priest 23 Feb 1745/6 (both Norwich); Rector of Eastling, Kent 8 Mar 1745/6-52; Rector of Christleton, Cheshire, from 28 Mar 1752; Prebendary of Chester from 23 Jun 1760; Canon of Windsor from 23 Sep 1774; m. 29 Sep 1753 Mrs. Anne Thelwall; d. 11 Apr 1775.

MOSTYN, JOHN, brother of Sir Thomas Mostyn, Bart. (adm. 1716, qv); b.; adm. (aged 13) Jun 1722; KS 1723; Capt. of the School 1727; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1728, matr. Jun 1728, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1728 – deprived 10 Dec 1734 (absence); Ensign, 16th Foot 29 Feb 1732; Capt., 6 Nov 1736; Capt. -Lieut., 2nd Foot Guards 2 Sep 1742; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 2 Apr 1743; wounded at battle of Fontenoy 1745; Brevet Col. and ADC to George II 3 Dec 1747 (listed as ADC, Chamberlayne 1748); Col., 7th Foot (Royal Fusiliers) 26 Jan 1751 – Jul 1754, 13th Dragoons 8 Jul 1754 – Oct 1758; Maj. -Gen., 8 Jul 1757; Col., 5th Dragoons 18 Oct 1758 – Aug 1760; Lieut. -Gen., 8 Apr 1759; Col., 7th Dragoons 18 Aug 1760 – May 1763, 1st Dragoon Guards, from 13 May 1763; Gen., 25 May 1772; MP Malton 30 Dec 1741-68; Groom of the Bedchamber from 20 Jan 1746; Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Minorca, from 2 Mar 1768; defendant in 1773 in an action successfully brought by Anthony Fabrigas, who he had banished from the island (Howell, State Trials, xx, 81-238); d. 13 Feb 1779. DNB.

MOSTYN, JOHN, third son of Sir Thomas Mostyn, Bart., MP, and Bridget, only dau. of Darcy Savage, Leighton, Cheshire; b.; adm.; KS 1693; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1698, matr. 4 Jul 1698, aged 18, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1698 – void 1711; BA 1702; MA 22 Mar 1704/5; d. unm. 24 Dec 1720.

MOSTYN, DANIEL, brother of Sir Thomas Mostyn, Bart. (adm. 1716, qv); b.; adm.; KS (aged 13) 1725; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1729, adm. pens. 10 Jun 1729, scholar 17 Apr 1730; 1st in “ordo” 1732/3; BA 1732/3; d. 1733.

MOSSOM, MILES, second son of Robert Mossom LLD, Master in Chancery, Ireland, and Elizabeth Reresby; b.; adm.; KS 1690; left 1692; Trinity Coll. Dublin, adm. pens. 10 May 1693, aged 19; BA 1697; LLB 1700.

MOSS, WILLIAM, son of William Moss, London; b.; adm.; QS 1707; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1711, adm. pens. 31 May 1711, aged 18, scholar 5 May 1712; 7th in “ordo” 1714/5; MA 1718; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll., 2 Oct 1717, Major Fellow 4 Jul 1718; ordained deacon Jul 1716, priest Sep 1716 (both Norwich); Curate, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.

MOSS, THOMAS, son of John Moss, Manchester, and Elizabeth Cross (IGI); bapt. Collegiate Church, Manchester 9 Nov 1712 (IGI); adm. (aged 12) Apr 1725; KS 1728; left 1730; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 18 Nov 1731, aged 19, Nowell Scholar 14 jan 1731/2; BA 1735; MA 1738; “of Manchester College”; m. 1750 (IGI) Sarah, dau. of John Parker, Breightmet Hall, Lancs.; d. 17 Jul 1760.

MORTON, WILLIAM HEPPELL, son of Thomas Morton, St. Martin’s in the Fields, London; b. 14 Mar 1788; adm.; KS 1801; left Christmas 1802; Cadet, EICS Bengal; Bengal Engineers 1803; 2nd Lieut., 15 Apr 1806; Lieut., 23 Jan 1808; Capt., 4 Jul 1818; res. in India 1 Mar 1821; m. at Kanpur, India 24 Aug 1811 Juliana Gowan; d. by 5 May 1829.

MORRIS, THOMAS EDWARD, son of Rev. John Morris DD, Rector of Elstree, Herts.; b. 1 Sep 1813; adm. 1 Oct 1827 (Singleton's); KS (Capt. ) 1828; Capt. of the School 1831; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1832, matr. 7 Jun 1832, Westminster Student (still 1847), Tutor 1838-45; ordained deacon (Lincoln) 21 May 1837, priest (Oxford) 10 Jun 1838; Curate, Hambleden, Bucks.; Vicar of Carleton in Craven, Yorks., from 1854; m. (by 1859) Amelia J. --- (1881 Census); d. 14 Dec 1885.

MORRAH, JAMES ARTHUR, son of James Morrah, Sloane Street, Chelsea, surgeon, President, Associated Surgeon-Apothecaries of England and Wales, and Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. John Pasmore, Rector of St. Just in Roseland, Cornwall; b. 20 Mar 1832; adm. 26 Jan 1842 (Scott's); QS 1846; left Whitsun 1848; Ensign, 3rd West India Regt., 8 Sep 1854; Cape Mounted Rifles 17 Nov 1854; 60th Rifles 22 Dec 1854; Lieut., 11 May 1855; Capt., 28 Apr 1863; Staff Officer of Pensioners 21 Jul 1870; retd. as hon. Colonel 20 Mar 1887; served in China War 1860; Mayor, Winchester 1890-1; m. 1st, Emma Maria, third dau. of Charles Boulton; m. 2nd, 24 Aug 1869 Mary Elizabeth, eldest dau. of John Lister, Greenhill Hall, Yorkshire, civil engineer; d. 14 May 1893.