Sir Oswald Mosley, 2nd Baronet, of Ancoats
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Sir Oswald Mosley, 2nd Baronet, of Ancoats
(27 March 1785 – 24 May 1871) was a British
politician
and writer
.
, in the Baronetage of Great Britain, on 8 June 1781, and wife (married 7 April 1760) Elizabeth Bayley (died 15 October 1797), daughter of James Bayley of Withington
, Herefordshire
(1705–1769) and Anne Peploe (1702–1769), daughter of Samuel Peploe
. His father was the son of Nicholas Mosley (born 1734) and Elizabeth Parker.
He had four sisters: Penelope Mosley (died 30 August 1812), married on 22 December 1798 to Sir Henry Every, 9th Baronet, of Egginton
(4 June 1777 - 28 December 1855), son of Sir Edward Every, 8th Baronet, of Egginton, and Mary Morley, and had four sons and one daughter; Mary Mosley, married Henry Feilden of Witton Park
, Blackburn, Lancashire
(January 1765 - 1815) and brother of Sir William Feilden, 1st Baronet
, of Feniscowles
, and had one daughter and one son; Frances Mary Mosley (circa 1770 - circa 1844), married to George Smith of Selsdon
(30 April 1765 - 26 December 1836), brother of Robert Smith, 1st Baron Carrington
, of Upton
, and nephew of Sir George Smith, 1st Baronet, of East Stoke
, and had one son and one daughter (great-great-grandparents of Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
); and Elizabeth Mosley (born circa 1770), married to The Reverend
Streynsham Master (born 1766), Rector
of Croston
, Lancashire
, and had one daughter and one son.
Mosley's family were Anglo-Irish
. His branch were prosperous landowners in Staffordshire
. The family seat was at Rolleston Hall, near Burton upon Trent
and he succeeded to the title of 2nd Baronet Mosley, of Ancoats
, on 29 September 1798. His uncle Ashton Nicholas Mosley of Thornhill House, married his mother-in-law Mary Morley and had issue, who succeeded in the House.
(MP) for Portarlington
1806-1807, Winchelsea
1807-1812, Midhurst
1817-1818 and Staffordshire North
1832–1837. He was High Sheriff of Staffordshire
1814.
He wrote a number of local and natural history books, including History of the Castle, Priory and Town of Tutbury (1832), Gleanings in Horticulture (1851) and Natural History of Tutbury (1863).
Ancoats
Ancoats is an inner city area of Manchester, in North West England, next to the Northern Quarter and the northern part of Manchester's commercial centre....
(27 March 1785 – 24 May 1871) was a British
United Kingdom
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politician
Politician
A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...
and writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
.
Family
He was the son of Oswald Mosley (17 March 1761 - 27 July 1789), son of Sir John Parker Mosley, 1st Baronet, of Ancoats (1732 - 29 September 1798), created 1st Baronet Mosley, of AncoatsMosley Baronets
There have been three Baronetcies created for members of the Mosley family, one in the Baronetage of England and two in the Baronetage of Great Britain...
, in the Baronetage of Great Britain, on 8 June 1781, and wife (married 7 April 1760) Elizabeth Bayley (died 15 October 1797), daughter of James Bayley of Withington
Withington, Herefordshire
Withington is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England, about north-east of Hereford at .-History:One of the historical features of Withington is the Roman mile post situated on the Worcester road...
, Herefordshire
Herefordshire
Herefordshire is a historic and ceremonial county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes it is a NUTS 3 region and is one of three counties that comprise the "Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire" NUTS 2 region. It also forms a unitary district known as the...
(1705–1769) and Anne Peploe (1702–1769), daughter of Samuel Peploe
Samuel Peploe (bishop)
Rt. Rev. Samuel Peploe was Bishop of Chester from 1726 to 1752.-Life:Samuel Peploe was born the son of Podmore Peploe and was baptized at Dawley Parva, Shropshire. He had three brothers, Jonathan, Nathan and Paul, and was educated at Penkridge School, Staffordshire...
. His father was the son of Nicholas Mosley (born 1734) and Elizabeth Parker.
He had four sisters: Penelope Mosley (died 30 August 1812), married on 22 December 1798 to Sir Henry Every, 9th Baronet, of Egginton
Egginton
Egginton is a village in the local government district of South Derbyshire, England. It is located just off Ryknild Street, otherwise known as the A38, between Derby and Stretton, Burton upon Trent. It is historically a farming community...
(4 June 1777 - 28 December 1855), son of Sir Edward Every, 8th Baronet, of Egginton, and Mary Morley, and had four sons and one daughter; Mary Mosley, married Henry Feilden of Witton Park
Witton Park
Witton Park is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated to the west of Bishop Auckland.- Famous people born in Witton Park :* Brigadier General Roland Boys Bradford VC -- youngest ever Brigadier General in the British Army at 25 * Hebrew scholar Dr...
, Blackburn, Lancashire
Lancashire
Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England. It takes its name from the city of Lancaster, and is sometimes known as the County of Lancaster. Although Lancaster is still considered to be the county town, Lancashire County Council is based in Preston...
(January 1765 - 1815) and brother of Sir William Feilden, 1st Baronet
Sir William Feilden, 1st Baronet
Sir William Feilden, 1st Baronet was an English cotton manufacturer and a Liberal and later Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1832 to 1847....
, of Feniscowles
Feniscowles
Feniscowles is a village in the unitary authority of Blackburn with Darwen, Lancashire, England. It is situated approximately west of Blackburn...
, and had one daughter and one son; Frances Mary Mosley (circa 1770 - circa 1844), married to George Smith of Selsdon
Selsdon
Selsdon is an area located in the southern suburbs of the London Borough of Croydon. The suburb was developed during the inter-war period during the 1920s and 1930s, and is remarkable for its many Art Deco houses...
(30 April 1765 - 26 December 1836), brother of Robert Smith, 1st Baron Carrington
Robert Smith, 1st Baron Carrington
Robert Smith, 1st Baron Carrington FRS was a British Member of Parliament and banker.Smith was the third son of Abel Smith and his wife Mary . His grandfather Abel Smith was the third son of Thomas Smith, the founder of Smith's Bank of Nottingham. Smith was elected to the House of Commons for...
, of Upton
Upton, Nottinghamshire
Upton, Nottinghamshire may refer to:*Upton, Bassetlaw*Upton, Newark and Sherwood...
, and nephew of Sir George Smith, 1st Baronet, of East Stoke
East Stoke, Nottinghamshire
East Stoke is a small village in Nottinghamshire nestled between the A46 Fosse Way trunk road and the River Trent. It lies about 6 miles southwest of Newark...
, and had one son and one daughter (great-great-grandparents of Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon was the queen consort of King George VI from 1936 until her husband's death in 1952, after which she was known as Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, to avoid confusion with her daughter, Queen Elizabeth II...
); and Elizabeth Mosley (born circa 1770), married to The Reverend
The Reverend
The Reverend is a style most often used as a prefix to the names of Christian clergy and ministers. There are sometimes differences in the way the style is used in different countries and church traditions. The Reverend is correctly called a style but is often and in some dictionaries called a...
Streynsham Master (born 1766), Rector
Rector
The word rector has a number of different meanings; it is widely used to refer to an academic, religious or political administrator...
of Croston
Croston
-External links:**** chorley.gov.uk....
, Lancashire
Lancashire
Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England. It takes its name from the city of Lancaster, and is sometimes known as the County of Lancaster. Although Lancaster is still considered to be the county town, Lancashire County Council is based in Preston...
, and had one daughter and one son.
Mosley's family were Anglo-Irish
Anglo-Irish
Anglo-Irish was a term used primarily in the 19th and early 20th centuries to identify a privileged social class in Ireland, whose members were the descendants and successors of the Protestant Ascendancy, mostly belonging to the Church of Ireland, which was the established church of Ireland until...
. His branch were prosperous landowners in Staffordshire
Staffordshire
Staffordshire is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. Part of the National Forest lies within its borders...
. The family seat was at Rolleston Hall, near Burton upon Trent
Burton upon Trent
Burton upon Trent, also known as Burton-on-Trent or simply Burton, is a town straddling the River Trent in the east of Staffordshire, England. Its associated adjective is "Burtonian"....
and he succeeded to the title of 2nd Baronet Mosley, of Ancoats
Mosley Baronets
There have been three Baronetcies created for members of the Mosley family, one in the Baronetage of England and two in the Baronetage of Great Britain...
, on 29 September 1798. His uncle Ashton Nicholas Mosley of Thornhill House, married his mother-in-law Mary Morley and had issue, who succeeded in the House.
Career
He was Member of ParliamentMember of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
(MP) for Portarlington
Portarlington (UK Parliament constituency)
Portarlington was a rotten borough and is a former United Kingdom Parliament constituency, in Ireland, returning one MP. It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801....
1806-1807, Winchelsea
Winchelsea (UK Parliament constituency)
Winchelsea was a parliamentary constituency in Sussex, which elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons from 1366 until 1832, when it was abolished by the Great Reform Act.-Boundaries:...
1807-1812, Midhurst
Midhurst (UK Parliament constituency)
Midhurst was a parliamentary borough in Sussex, which elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons from 1311 until 1832, and then one member from 1832 until 1885, when the constituency was abolished...
1817-1818 and Staffordshire North
North Staffordshire (UK Parliament constituency)
North Staffordshire was a county constituency in the county of Staffordshire. It returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the bloc vote system.-History:The constituency was created by the Reform Act 1832 for the 1832 general...
1832–1837. He was High Sheriff of Staffordshire
High Sheriff of Staffordshire
This is a list of the High Sheriffs of Staffordshire.The High Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the High Sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most of the responsibilities associated with the post have been transferred...
1814.
He wrote a number of local and natural history books, including History of the Castle, Priory and Town of Tutbury (1832), Gleanings in Horticulture (1851) and Natural History of Tutbury (1863).
Marriage and children
He married on 31 January 1804 Sophia Annie Every (died 8 June 1859), his brother-in-law's sister, daughter of Sir Edward Every, 8th Baronet, of Eggington, and Mary Morley, and had three children:- Mary Anne Mosley (died 20 December 1890), married on 25 April 1843 Major William Fawkener Chetwynd of Brockton Hall, StaffordshireStaffordshireStaffordshire is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. Part of the National Forest lies within its borders...
(15 October 1788 - 25 April 1873), son of Sir George Chetwynd, 1st Baronet, of Brockton Hall, and Jane Bantin, and had two daughters and one son - Frances Mosley (died 20 May 1881), married on 9 October 1827 James Heath Leigh of Belmont HallBelmont Hall, CheshireBelmont Hall, Cheshire, is a country house to the northwest of the village of Great Budworth, Cheshire, England. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building. The house stands to the north of the A559 road...
, Great BudworthGreat BudworthGreat Budworth is a civil parish and village, approximately north of Northwich, England, within the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire. It lies off the A559 road, east of Comberbach, northwest of Higher Marston and southeast of Budworth Heath...
, CheshireCheshireCheshire is a ceremonial county in North West England. Cheshire's county town is the city of Chester, although its largest town is Warrington. Other major towns include Widnes, Congleton, Crewe, Ellesmere Port, Runcorn, Macclesfield, Winsford, Northwich, and Wilmslow...
(died 5 August 1848), and had one daughter and one son - Sir Tonman Mosley, 3rd Baronet, of Ancoats (9 July 1813 - 28 April 1890), who succeeded to the title of 3rd Baronet Mosley, of Ancoats, on 24 May 1871, and wife Catherine Wood (died 22 April 1891), daughter of The ReverendThe ReverendThe Reverend is a style most often used as a prefix to the names of Christian clergy and ministers. There are sometimes differences in the way the style is used in different countries and church traditions. The Reverend is correctly called a style but is often and in some dictionaries called a...
John Wood of SwanwickSwanwick, DerbyshireSwanwick is a village in Derbyshire, England, also a Parish within the Amber Valley district, with a population of 5,316 at the 2001 census.It has a number of shops, pubs and other businesses, a Church of , as well as Methodist and Baptist churches...
, DerbyshireDerbyshireDerbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England. A substantial portion of the Peak District National Park lies within Derbyshire. The northern part of Derbyshire overlaps with the Pennines, a famous chain of hills and mountains. The county contains within its boundary of approx...
, and had two sons:- Sir Oswald Mosley, 4th BaronetSir Oswald Mosley, 4th BaronetSir Oswald Mosley, 4th Baronet, of Ancoats was a British baronet.-Family:Mosley was born in Staffordshire in 1848 the eldest son of Sir Tonman Mosley, 3rd Baronet, of Ancoats , who succeeded to the title of 3rd Baronet Mosley, of Ancoats, on 24 May 1871, and wife Catherine Wood , daughter of The...
, of Ancoats (25 September 1848 - 10 October 1915) - Tonman Mosley, 1st Baron AnslowTonman Mosley, 1st Baron AnslowTonman Mosley, 1st Baron Anslow, CB, KStJ, DL was a British businessman, judge and politician.-Family:Tonman Mosley was born at East Lodge, Anslow, Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, and baptized at Rolleston-on-Dove, Staffordshire, the younger son of Sir Tonman Mosley, 3rd Baronet, of Ancoats, and...
(16 January 1850 - 20 August 1933)
- Sir Oswald Mosley, 4th Baronet