
Sir Thomas Mostyn, 4th Baronet (26 April 1704 – 1758), of
Mostyn
Mostyn is a village and Community (Wales), community in Flintshire, Wales, and Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom, electoral ward lying on the estuary of the River Dee, Wales, River Dee, located near the town of Holywell, Flin ...
, Flintshire, was a British landowner and Tory politician who sat in the
House of Commons
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between 1734 and 1758.
Early life
Mostyn was the eldest son of
Sir Roger Mostyn, 3rd Baronet
Sir Roger Mostyn, 3rd Baronet (31 July 1673 – 5 May 1739), of Mostyn Hall, Holywell, Flintshire, was a Welsh Tory politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons for 25 years from 1701 to 1735.
Early life
Mostyn was born on 31 ...
, of Mostyn and Leighton, and his wife Essex Finch daughter of
Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham
Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham, 7th Earl of Winchilsea PC (2 July 16471 January 1730) was an English Tory politician and peer who supported the Hanoverian Succession in 1714. Known as Lord Nottingham until 1729, then as Lord Winchilsea. ...
.
He was educated at
Westminster School
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in 1716 and matriculated at
Christ Church, Oxford
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on 13 October 1720, aged 16.
He travelled extensively in Europe from October 1723 until May 1728. His main interest was literature and he collected books and manuscripts.
[Dictionary of Welsh Biography Mostyn family of Mostyn Hall, Flintshire]
/ref> He married Sarah Western, daughter. of Robert Western of St Peters Cornhill, London and Rivenhall Essex in about 1733.[
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Career
Mostyn was a Hanoverian Tory
Hanoverian Tories were Tory supporters of the Hanoverian Succession of 1714. At the time many Tories favoured the exiled Jacobite James Francis Edward Stuart to take the British and Irish thrones, while their arch rivals the Whigs supported the ...
, and in 1727 forced the Jacobite sheriff of Flintshire to proclaim George II. He took a leading part in local Tory preparations for the 1734 British general election
The 1734 British general election returned members to serve in the House of Commons of Great Britain, House of Commons of the 8th Parliament of Great Britain to be summoned, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scot ...
and was returned as Member of Parliament for Flintshire
Flintshire () is a county in the north-east of Wales. It borders the Irish Sea to the north, the Dee Estuary to the north-east, the English county of Cheshire to the east, Wrexham County Borough to the south, and Denbighshire to the west. ...
in succession to his father. He voted consistently against the Administration. He succeeded his father to the baronetcy
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on 8 May 1739. At the 1741 British general election
The 1741 British general election returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 9th Parliament of Great Britain to be summoned, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707. The election saw suppo ...
he stood down by agreement, and declined the invitation to stand for Flint Boroughs after the heavy cost of the previous election there, which had cost him over £2,000. At the 1747 British general election
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, he was returned for Flintshire He was returned unopposed again for Flintshire at the 1754 British general election
The 1754 British general election returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 11th Parliament of Great Britain to be summoned, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707.
Owing to the exten ...
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Death and legacy
Mostyn died on 24 March 1758 leaving four sons and five daughters. His wife Sarah survived to 1783. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son Roger
Roger is a masculine given name, and a surname. The given name is derived from the Old French personal names ' and '. These names are of Germanic languages">Germanic origin, derived from the elements ', ''χrōþi'' ("fame", "renown", "honour") ...
.[ His daughter Anne, became the second wife of ]Thomas Pennant
Thomas Pennant (16 December 1798) was a Welsh natural history, naturalist, traveller, writer and antiquarian. He was born and lived his whole life at his family estate, Downing Hall, near Whitford, Flintshire, in Wales.
As a naturalist he had ...
of Downing Hall, the naturalist and traveller in 1777.[
]
References
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1704 births
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British MPs 1754–1761
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Baronets in the Baronetage of England
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