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  2. Mostyn - Wikipedia

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    Mostyn is a village and community in Flintshire, Wales, and electoral ward lying on the estuary of the River Dee, located near the town of Holywell.It has a privately owned port that has in the past had a colliery and ironworks and was involved in the export of commodities, and in present times services the offshore wind industry and shipped the wings for the Airbus A380 which were ...

  3. Sam Mostyn - Wikipedia

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    Samantha Joy Mostyn, AC (/ ˈ m ɒ s t ə n / MOSS-tən; [1] born 13 September 1965) is an Australian businesswoman and advocate serving as the 28th governor-general of Australia since July 2024. Mostyn has been an outspoken advocate on climate change and gender equality ; she served as the first female Australian Football League commissioner ...

  4. Mostyn (surname) - Wikipedia

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    Mostyn is a habitational surname of Welsh origin. It comes from the place Mostyn , in Flintshire , Wales , UK. The village's name was originally derived from Old English mos , meaning 'bog', and tūn , meaning 'farm village'. [ 1 ]

  5. Mostyn baronets - Wikipedia

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    The Mostyn Baronetcy, of Talacre in the County of Flint, was created in the Baronetage of England on 28 April 1670 for Edward Mostyn. [5] This family descends from Richard ap Hewell, who was seated at Mostyn in the reign of King Henry VIII. His son, Pyers Mostyn, of Talacre, was the great-grandfather of the first Baronet.

  6. Nicholas Mostyn - Wikipedia

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    Mostyn was called to the bar in 1980, initially undertaking beginner’s family work such as County Court domestic violence cases. He took silk in 1997. In 2000/01 he was on the losing side of the husband in the White v White case, where the judge ruled that "there should be no bias in favour of the money-earner and against the home-maker and the child-carer."

  7. Savage Mostyn - Wikipedia

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    Vice-Admiral Savage Mostyn (c. 1713 – 16 September 1757) was an officer of the Royal Navy who saw service during the War of the Austrian Succession and the Seven Years' War. He embarked on a political career, and was a Member of Parliament , Comptroller of the Navy , and one of the Lords of the Admiralty .

  8. John Mostyn (British Army officer) - Wikipedia

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    General John Mostyn (c.1709 – 16 February 1779) was a British soldier, MP and colonial administrator. He was a younger son of Sir Roger Mostyn, 3rd Baronet and educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford. He joined the army as an Ensign in 1733.

  9. Edward Lloyd-Mostyn, 2nd Baron Mostyn - Wikipedia

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    Lord Mostyn married Lady Harriet-Margaret Scott on 20 June 1827. Lady Mostyn was the eldest daughter of the Earl of Clonmel. Lord Mostyn died in March 1884, aged 89, and was succeeded in his titles by his grandson Llewellyn, his eldest son the Hon. Thomas Edward Lloyd-Mostyn having predeceased him.