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Mothersole, Denys Hartley, son of Hartley Brinkley Newton, of Pimlico, barrister-at-law and Alice Jane Mothersole; b. Oct. 8, 1899; adm. May 4, 1911 (A); left July 1916; retired from the Reserve of Officers with the hon. rank of Lieut.-Col. Oct. 8, 1949; a senior control officer, German Section, Foreign Office, 1949; m. 1st Feb. 4, 1922, Rosemary, daughter of Grant­ Mackie, of Kuala Lumpur, Malay States; 2nd Oct. 21, 1926, Ivy Muriel, daughter of Francis White, of Pretoria, S. Africa.

MOSTYN-OWEN, WILLIAM, eldest son of William Mostyn-Owen, Woodhouse, Shropshire, and Harriet Elizabeth, eldest dau. of Maj. T. Cumming, Bath, Somerset; b. 9 Jun 1806; adm. 23 Sep 1819 (G); readm. 11 Apr 1822; left Christmas 1823; Cornet, 1st Dragoons 25 Sep 1823; Lieut., 4th Dragoons 1 Dec 1825; Capt., half-pay, unattached 14 Nov 1826; 1st Dragoons 18 Dec 1828; Brevet Maj., 23 Nov 1841; retd. 14 Dec 1841; d. 28 Jun 1868.

MOSTYN, WILLIAM, son of Sir Roger Mostyn, Kt, and Mary, dau. of Sir John Wynn, Bart.; b.; at school under Wilson (deduction from fact that he was a Bishop Williams Fellow at Cambridge, as these Fellowships were confined to those educated at the School); Queen’s Coll. Cambridge, matr. Easter1620; BA 1624; Bishop Williams Fellow, St. John’s Coll., 6 Apr 1625 – Mar 1634/5; MA 1627 (incorp. Oxford 1639); ordained; Archdeacon of Bangor from 26 Oct 1633; Rector of Christleton, Cheshire 1 Aug 1634; Vicar of Whitford, Flints., 14 Feb 1638/9; m. 1st, Elizabeth, dau. of Richard Aldersey, Chester; m. 2nd, Ann, only dau. of John Lewis, Chwaen Wen, Anglesey; d. 14 Oct 1669.

MOSTYN, SIR THOMAS, BART., eldest son of Sir Roger Mostyn, Bart. (qv); b. 20 Oct 1776; at school under Vincent (Steward, Anniversary Dinner 1801); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 22 Oct 1793, aged 17; High Sheriff, Caernarvonshire 1794; MP Flintshire 8 Nov 1796 – 12 Jun 1797, and from 8 Nov 1799; d. unm. 17 Apr 1831.

MOSTYN, THOMAS, youngest son of Sir Thomas Mostyn, Bart. (adm. 1716, qv); b. 6 Nov 1737; adm. (aged 9) Apr 1747 (Hawkins'); KS (Capt. ) 1751; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1755, matr. 28 May 1755, Westminster Student 5 Jan 1756 – void 12 Mar 1772 (expiry year of grace as R. Llanycil from 21 Mar 1771); BA 1759; MA 1762; ordained deacon 6 Jun 1762, priest 29 Jun 1763 (both Oxford); Rector of Llanycil, Merioneth 1771-82; Rector of Christleton, Cheshire, from 5 May 1775; Vicar of Northenden, Cheshire, from 13 Apr 1782; Prebendary of St. Asaph 25 Feb 1773 – 6; Prebendary of Chester from 14 May 1776; d. 5 Dec 1808.

MOSTYN, SIR THOMAS, BART., eldest son of Sir Roger Mostyn, Bart., MP, and Lady Essex Finch, eldest dau. of Daniel Finch, 6th Earl of Winchilsea and 2nd Earl of Nottingham (qv), and his second wife; b. 26 Apr 1704; adm. (aged 12) Apr 1716; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 13 Oct 1720; Grand Tour (Italy) 1724-5; MP Flintshire 1734-41 and from 1747; succ. father as 4th baronet 5 May 1739; m. 25 Nov 1722 (IGI) Sarah, dau. of Robert Western, London; d. 24 Mar 1758.

MOSTYN, THOMAS ARTHUR BERTIE, brother of John Salusbury Mostyn (qv); b. 11 Jul 1801; adm. 19 Mar 1810; left 1813; student, Royal Naval Academy, Portsmouth 23 Oct 1815; of Llewessy, near Denbigh; High Sheriff, Denbighshire 1852; d. 3 Oct 1876.

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.

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, SIR ROGER, BART., elder son of Sir Thomas Mostyn, Bart. (adm. 1716, qv); b. 13 Nov 1734; adm. Apr 1745 (Hawkins'); left 1751; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 19 Jun 1751; succ. father as 5th baronet 24 Mar 1758; Grand Tour (Italy) 1763; MP Flintshire from 26 Apr 1758; Lord Lieut., Flintshire, from 1761; Col., Flintshire Militia (occurs 1774); m. 19 May 1766 Margaret, dau. of Rev. Hugh Wynne LLD, Prebendary of Salisbury; d. 26 Jul 1796.