Baron Mostyn, of Mostyn in the County of Flint, is a title in the
Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Peerage of the United Kingdom is one of the five Peerages in the United Kingdom. It comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Acts of Union 1800, Acts of Union in 1801, when it replaced the ...
. It was created in 1831 for
Sir Edward Lloyd, 2nd Baronet, who had earlier represented
Flint Boroughs and
Beaumaris in the
House of Commons. His son, the second Baron, sat as a
Member of Parliament for
Flintshire and
Lichfield and served as
Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire.
In 1831 Lord Mostyn assumed by Royal licence the additional surname of Mostyn. His eldest son and heir the Hon.
Thomas Lloyd-Mostyn
Thomas Edward Mostyn Lloyd-Mostyn (23 January 1830 – 8 May 1861), was a British Liberal Party (UK) Member of Parliament (MP).
Lloyd-Mostyn was the eldest son and heir apparent of Edward Lloyd-Mostyn, 2nd Baron Mostyn. He was educated at Ch ...
, who also represented Flintshire in Parliament, predeceased his father. Lord Mostyn was therefore succeeded by his grandson, the third Baron (the son of Hon. 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
Baronetage of Great Britain 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, near
Mostyn,
Flintshire.
Lloyd Baronets, of Pengwerra (1778)
*Sir Edward Pryce Lloyd, 1st Baronet (c. 1710–1795)
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Sir Edward Pryce Lloyd, 2nd Baronet (1768–1854) (created Baron Mostyn in 1831)
Barons Mostyn (1831)
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Edward Pryce Lloyd, 1st Baron Mostyn
Edward Pryce Lloyd, 1st Baron Mostyn (17 September 1768 – 3 April 1854), known as Sir Edward Lloyd, 2nd Baronet from 1795 to 1831, was a British politician.
Life
He was born the son of Bell Lloyd of Pontryffyd and Bodfach and succeeded his unc ...
(1768–1854)
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Edward Mostyn Lloyd-Mostyn, 2nd Baron Mostyn
Edward Mostyn Lloyd-Mostyn, 2nd Baron Mostyn (13 January 1795 – 17 March 1884), was a British peer and Member of Parliament (MP).
Mostyn was the son of Edward Lloyd, 1st Baron Mostyn. Born Edward Lloyd, assumed by Royal licence the addit ...
(1795–1884)
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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 'Greg' Philip Roger Mostyn, 7th Baron Mostyn (b. 1984)
The
heir presumptive 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)
See also
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Mostyn Baronets
Notes
References
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Baronies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
1778 establishments in Great Britain
1831 establishments in the United Kingdom
Noble titles created in 1831
Noble titles created for UK MPs