Edward Mostyn Lloyd-Mostyn, 2nd Baron Mostyn (13 January 1795 – 17 March 1884), was a British

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 peer

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 and Member of Parliament

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 (MP).

Mostyn was the son of Edward Lloyd, 1st Baron Mostyn

Edward Lloyd, 1st Baron Mostyn

Edward Pryce Lloyd, 1st Baron Mostyn , known as Sir Edward Lloyd, 2nd Baronet, from 1795 to 1831, was a British politician....

. Born Edward Lloyd, assumed by Royal license the additional surname of Mostyn in 1831.

In 1831 he was elected to the House of Commons

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 for Flintshire

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, a seat he held from 1831 to 1837, from 1841 to 1842 and from 1847 to 1850. He also represented Lichfield

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 from 1846 to 1847. In 1854 he succeeded his father in the barony and entered the House of Lords

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. In 1839 he served as High Sheriff of Merionethshire

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, in 1840 as High Sheriff of Caernarvonshire

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 and between 1840 and 1884 as Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire

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.

Lord Mostyn died in March 1884, aged 89, and was succeeded in his titles by his grandson Llewellyn, his eldest son the Hon. Thomas Edward Lloyd-Mostyn

Thomas Lloyd-Mostyn

Thomas Edward Mostyn Lloyd-Mostyn , was a British Conservative Member of Parliament .Lloyd-Mostyn was the eldest son and heir apparent of Edward Lloyd-Mostyn, 2nd Baron Mostyn...

having predeceased him.