Mostyn, Savage, ca. 1714-1757

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Mostyn, Savage, ca. 1714-1757

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        ca. 1714-1757

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        MOSTYN, SAVAGE, brother of Sir Thomas Mostyn, Bart. (adm. 1716, qv); b.; adm. (aged 11) Jun 1725; entered Royal Navy; Lieut., 2 Mar 1733/4; Cdr., 3 Jul 1739; Capt., 6 Mar 1739/40; commanded HMS Deptford in operations against Cartagena 1741; failed to engage two French ships of the line off Ushant Jan 1744/5; acquitted by court-martial, although his conduct gave rise to much unfavourable comment; MP Weobley from 1747; Comptroller of the Navy 22 Mar 1749 – Feb 1755; Rear-Adm., 4 Feb 1755; second in command on North American station 1755; a Lord of the Admiralty 6 Apr – Jul 1757; Vice-Adm., 1757; d. 16 Sep 1757. DNB.

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        Mostyn, Thomas, 1704-1758 (1704-1758)

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        GB-2014-WSA-12696

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        GB-2014-WSA-12694

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        International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition

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        Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020

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            Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.

            The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.

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