Sir Oswald Mosley, 2nd Baronet, of Ancoats

Sir Oswald Mosley, 2nd Baronet, of Ancoats (27 March 1785 24 May 1871) was a British politician and writer.

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 Ancoats, 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 (1705–1769) and Anne Peploe (1702–1769), daughter of Samuel Peploe. John Parker Mosley was the son of Nicholas Mosley (died 1734) and Elizabeth Parker.

He had four aunts:

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 married his mother-in-law Mary Morley and had issue, who succeeded in the House.

Career

He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Portarlington 1806-1807, Winchelsea 1807-1812, Midhurst 1817-1818 and Staffordshire North 18321837. 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).[1]

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 13 children:

References

  1. Mosley, Oswald; Brown, Edwin (1863). The Natural History of Tutbury.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
John Langston
Member of Parliament for Portarlington
18061807
Succeeded by
William Lamb
Preceded by
Sir Frederick Fletcher-Vane and
Calverley Bewicke
Member of Parliament for Winchelsea
18071812
With: Calverley Bewicke
Succeeded by
William Vane and
Calverley Bewicke
Preceded by
Thomas Thompson
Viscount Mahon
Member of Parliament for Midhurst
18171818
With: Thomas Thompson
Succeeded by
Samuel Smith
John Smith
New constituency Member of Parliament for North Staffordshire
18321837
With: Edward Manningham-Buller
Succeeded by
William Baring
Edward Manningham-Buller
Honorary titles
Preceded by
Walter Sneyd
High Sheriff of Staffordshire
1814
Succeeded by
John Smith
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
John Parker Mosley
Baronet
(of Ancoats)
17981871
Succeeded by
Tonman Mosley
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