Sir Oswald Mosley, 2nd Baronet (27 March 1785 – 24 May 1871), was an English

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, politician,

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and

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. He served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for several constituencies, authored several works in the aforementioned subjects and was

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in 1814. A prominent

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landowner, he succeeded as the 2nd Baronet Mosley, of Ancoats, in 1798.

Family

He was the son of Oswald Mosley (17 March 1761 – 27 July 1789), son of John Mosley (1732–1798), created 1st Baronet Mosley, of Ancoats, in the

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, on 8 June 1781, and his wife Elizabeth Bayley (died 1797), daughter of James Bayley (1705–1769) and Anne Peploe (1702–1769), daughter of

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. John Mosley was the son of Nicholas Mosley (died 1734) and Elizabeth Parker. He had four aunts. Mosley's family were prosperous landowners in

. The family seat was at Rolleston Hall, near

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and he succeeded to the title of 2nd Baronet Mosley, of Ancoats, on 29 September 1798. His uncle Ashton Nicholas Mosley married his mother-in-law Mary Morley and had issue, who succeeded in the House.

Career

Educated at

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, he then attended the

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where he graduated as a

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. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Portarlington 1806–1807,

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1807–1812,

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1817–1818 and Staffordshire North 1832–1837. He was

1814. He was appointed Fellow,

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. He wrote a number of local and

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books, including ''History of the Castle, Priory and Town of Tutbury'' (1832), ''Gleanings in Horticulture'' (1851) and ''Natural History of Tutbury'' (1863). He also published ''Family Memoirs'' (1849), which was essentially a history of the Mosley family.

Marriage and children

He married, on 31 January 1804, Sophia Annie Every (died 8 June 1859), daughter of Sir Edward Every, 8th Baronet, of Eggington, and Mary Morley (who married for a fourth time to Ashton Nicholas Mosley). Sophia was the sister of Henry Every who married his aunt Penelope Mosley. They had 12 children: * Oswald Mosley (2 December 1804 – 25 September 1856), died without issue * Sophia Anne Mosley (15 October 1806 – 29 April 1880), died unmarried * Emily Mosley (8 February 1808 – 25 December 1880) * Sarah Elizabeth Mosley (8 February 1808 – January 1826) * Frances Mosley (24 August 1810 – 20 May 1881), married James Heath Leigh of Belmont Hall and had issue * Sir Tonman Mosley, 3rd Baronet (9 July 1813 – 28 April 1890), who succeeded to the title of Baronet Mosley, of Ancoats * Mary Anne Mosley (c. 1816 – 20 December 1890), married Major William Fawkener Chetwynd of Brockton Hall, Staffordshire and had issue * Penelope Mosley (9 November 1816 – 28 August 1833) * Caroline Mosley (27 July 1818 – 6 May 1862) * Octavia Mosley (14 February 1820 – 1883) * Ernald Mosley (13 August 1821 – 23 January 1837) * Letitia Mosley (27 May 1826 – c. 1863)

References

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