Thomas Edward Mostyn Lloyd-Mostyn (23 January 1830 – 8 May 1861), was a British

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Member of Parliament (MP). Lloyd-Mostyn was the eldest son and heir apparent of

Edward 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 Mostyn Lloyd, he assumed by royal licenc ...

. He was educated at

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. He was elected unopposed at a by-election in 1854 to succeed his father as Member of Parliament for

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in 1854, a seat he held until his death in May 1861, aged only 31. His son Llewellyn succeeded in the barony in 1884. He was also a

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er, for

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and the

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References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990. *

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* 1830 births 1861 deaths Liberal Party (UK) MPs for Welsh constituencies UK MPs 1852–1857 UK MPs 1857–1859 UK MPs 1859–1865 Welsh cricketers Oxford University cricketers Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford Heirs apparent who never acceded

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