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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.

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, JOHN SALUSBURY, eldest son of John Meredith Mostyn, Segrwyd, Denbighshire, and Cecilia Margaretta, youngest dau. of Henry Thrale MP, Streatham Park, Surrey, brewer; b. 31 Aug 1798; adm. 18 Jun 1810; left 1813; Cadet, EICS Bengal 1817; Lieut., 5th Extra Regt. Native Infantry 24 Oct 1819; d. unm. 13 Nov 1827.

MOSTYN, GEORGE; b.; adm. 12 Feb 1776. [note will George Mostyn, Ashtead, Surrey, proved PCC 6 Nov 1819]