Sir Edward Mosley, 2nd Baronet (1639 – 14 October 1665), of Hulme, Lancashire, was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1661 to 1665. Mosley was the son of

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, of Rolleston, Staffordshire. He matriculated at

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, on 28 March 1655. He succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his father in December 1657, inheriting his Rolleston and Hough End estates in Lancashire. He was pricked

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in November 1660 but was replaced by December 1660. George Edward Cokayne ''Complete Baronetage Volume 2'' 1900
/ref> In 1661, Mosley was elected

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for

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, sitting until his death. The same year he purchased the estate of Hulme, now in Manchester. Mosley died at Hough End and was buried at

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on 21 October 1665, and the Baronetcy became extinct. Mosley married Katharine Grey, daughter of

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, and his wife Priscilla, or Cecilia Wentworth, daughter of Sir John Wentworth in April 1665, . His widow enjoyed the estate of Rolleston in dower and married by licence dated 6 April 1667, Charles North who became Lord Grey of Rolleston on 24 October 1673. Mosley's estates were inherited by a cousin.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mosley, Edward 1639 births 1665 deaths Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford Members of the pre-1707 English Parliament for constituencies in Cornwall English MPs 1661–1679 Baronets in the Baronetage of England Burials in Greater Manchester

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Mosley baronets

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