Roger Mostyn (1720 - 11 April 1775) was a

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from 1774 to 1775.

Family

He was the son of

Sir Roger Mostyn, 3rd Baronet Sir Roger Mostyn, 3rd Baronet (31 July 1673 – 5 May 1739), of Mostyn Hall, Holywell, Flintshire, was a Welsh Tory politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons for 25 years from 1701 to 1735. Early life Mostyn was born on 31 ...

and Lady Essex Finch, the daughter of

Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham, 7th Earl of Winchilsea PC (2 July 16471 January 1730) was an English Tory politician and peer who supported the Hanoverian Succession in 1714. Known as Lord Nottingham until 1729, then as Lord Winchilsea. ...

. His brothers included the naval officer Savage Mostyn and the colonial administrator John Mostyn; one of his sisters became Duchess of Roxburghe.

Career

He was educated at

Westminster School Westminster School is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school in Westminster, London, England, in the precincts of Westminster Abbey. It descends from a charity school founded by Westminster Benedictines before the Norman Conquest, as do ...

and

Christ's College, Cambridge Christ's College is a Colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. The college includes the Master, the Fellows of the College, and about 450 undergraduate and 250 graduate students. The c ...

and graduated BA in 1743, and MA in 1745. He was appointed: *Rector of Eastling, Kent 1746 - 1752 *Rector of Christleton, Cheshire 1752 - 1774 *Prebendary of Chester 1760 - 1775 He was appointed to the twelfth stall in

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in 1774, and held the stall until 1775.

Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mostyn, Roger 1720 births 1775 deaths Canons of Windsor Alumni of Christ's College, Cambridge

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People educated at Westminster School, London Younger sons of baronets