John Mostyn (governor)
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General John Mostyn was a British
soldier
and colonial administrator. He was a younger son of Sir Roger Mostyn, 3rd Baronet
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Mostyn served as Governor of Minorca for a ten year period between 1768 and 1778. It was a titular role and Mostyn was not in residence on the island, which meant that his deputy was in effective charge - from 1774 this was James Murray, his eventual successor who was forced to surrender the island in 1782 to a Spanish force
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Kingdom of Great Britain
The former Kingdom of Great Britain, sometimes described as the 'United Kingdom of Great Britain', That the Two Kingdoms of Scotland and England, shall upon the 1st May next ensuing the date hereof, and forever after, be United into One Kingdom by the Name of GREAT BRITAIN. was a sovereign...
soldier
Soldier
A soldier is a member of the land component of national armed forces; whereas a soldier hired for service in a foreign army would be termed a mercenary...
and colonial administrator. He was a younger son of Sir Roger Mostyn, 3rd Baronet
Sir Roger Mostyn, 3rd Baronet
-Life:Mostyn was born on 31 July 1673. He was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Mostyn, 2nd Baronet, of Mostyn in Flintshire, north Wales, and inherited the title on the death of his father in 1692. He attended the University of Oxford, matriculating from Jesus College in 1690. He was elected as MP...
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Mostyn served as Governor of Minorca for a ten year period between 1768 and 1778. It was a titular role and Mostyn was not in residence on the island, which meant that his deputy was in effective charge - from 1774 this was James Murray, his eventual successor who was forced to surrender the island in 1782 to a Spanish force
Invasion of Minorca, 1781
The Franco-Spanish conquest of Minorca from its British defenders in February 1782, after the Siege of Fort St. Philip lasting over five months, was an important step in the achievement of Spain's aims in its alliance with France against Britain during the American War of Independence...
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