Baron Mostyn, ofMostyn in theCounty of Flint, is a title in thePeerage of the United Kingdom.[1]
The title was created in 1831 forSir Edward Lloyd, 2nd Baronet, who had earlier representedFlint Boroughs andBeaumaris in theHouse of Commons. His son, the second Baron, sat as aMember of Parliament forFlintshire andLichfield and served asLord Lieutenant of Merionethshire.[citation needed]
The second baron had assumed the additional surname of Mostyn by royal licence in 1831, on the death ofhis mother's brother, the last of theMostyn baronets.[2] His eldest son and heir the Hon.Thomas Lloyd-Mostyn, who also represented Flintshire in Parliament, predeceased his father. Lord Mostyn was therefore succeeded by his grandson, the third Baron (the son of Thomas Lloyd-Mostyn). The 6th Baron died on 22 March 2011 and was succeeded by his only son.[3]
The Baronetcy of Pengwerra in the County of Flint, was created in theBaronetage of Great Britain in 1778 for Edward Lloyd, with remainder to his nephews. He was succeeded according to the special remainder by his eldest nephew, the aforementioned second Baronet, who was elevated to the peerage in 1831.[citation needed]
The family seat isMostyn Hall, near Mostyn.[citation needed]
Theheir presumptive is the present holder's third cousin twice removed,Roger Hugh Lloyd-Mostyn (born 1941), great-great-grandson of the 2nd Baron.[6]
The heir presumptive's heir is his eldest son, Christopher Edward Lloyd-Mostyn (b. 1968)
The heir presumptive's heir's heir is his son Alexander James Lloyd-Mostyn (b. 2000)
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