Baron Mostyn, of

Mostyn Mostyn is a village and Community (Wales), community in Flintshire, Wales, and Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom, electoral ward lying on the estuary of the River Dee, Wales, River Dee, located near the town of Holywell, Flin ...

in the County of Flint, is a title in the

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History

The title was created in 1831 for Sir Edward Lloyd, 2nd Baronet, who had earlier represented Flint Boroughs and

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in the

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. His son, the second Baron, sat as a Member of Parliament for

Flintshire Flintshire () is a county in the north-east of Wales. It borders the Irish Sea to the north, the Dee Estuary to the north-east, the English county of Cheshire to the east, Wrexham County Borough to the south, and Denbighshire to the west. ...

and

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and served as Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire. The second baron had assumed the additional surname of Mostyn by royal licence in 1831, on the death of his mother's brother, the last of the Mostyn baronets. His eldest son and heir the Hon. Thomas Lloyd-Mostyn, who also represented Flintshire in Parliament, predeceased his father. Lord Mostyn was therefore succeeded by his grandson, the third Baron (the son of Thomas Lloyd-Mostyn). The 6th Baron died on 22 March 2011 and was succeeded by his only son. The Baronetcy of Pengwerra in the County of Flint, was created in the

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in 1778 for Edward Lloyd, with remainder to his nephews. He was succeeded according to the special remainder by his eldest nephew, the aforementioned second Baronet, who was elevated to the peerage in 1831. The family seat is

Mostyn Hall Mostyn Hall is a large house standing in 25 acres (10 hectares) of garden near the village of Mostyn, Flintshire, Wales. It is designated by Cadw as a Grade I listed building. History It is not known for how long a building has been present ...

, near Mostyn.

Lloyd Baronets, of Pengwerra (1778)

*Sir Edward Pryce Lloyd, 1st Baronet (c. 1710–1795) * Sir Edward Pryce Lloyd, 2nd Baronet (1768–1854) (created Baron Mostyn in 1831)

Barons Mostyn (1831)

* Edward Pryce Lloyd, 1st Baron Mostyn (1768–1854) * Edward Mostyn Lloyd-Mostyn, 2nd Baron Mostyn (1795–1884) ** Hon. Thomas Edward Lloyd-Mostyn (1830–1861) *Llewelyn Nevill Vaughan Lloyd-Mostyn, 3rd Baron Mostyn (1856–1929) *Edward Llewellyn Roger Lloyd-Mostyn, 4th Baron Mostyn (1885–1965) *Roger Edward Lloyd Lloyd-Mostyn, 5th Baron Mostyn (1920–2000) *Llewellyn Roger Lloyd Lloyd-Mostyn, 6th Baron Mostyn (1948–2011) *Gregory Philip Roger Lloyd-Mostyn, 7th Baron Mostyn (b. 1984) The

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is the present holder's third cousin twice removed, Roger Hugh Lloyd-Mostyn (born 1941), great-great-grandson of the 2nd Baron.
The heir presumptive's heir is his eldest son, Christopher Edward Lloyd-Mostyn (b. 1968)
The heir presumptive's heir's heir is his son Alexander James Lloyd-Mostyn (b. 2000)

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