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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 ]
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 ...
Mostyn Armstrong (died 1791), English publisher of maps; Moss Evans (1925–2002), British trade union leader; Mostyn Ffrench-Williams (1914–1963), British swimmer; Mostyn Hanger (1908–1980), Australian judge and administrator
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.
Llewellyn Roger Lloyd Lloyd-Mostyn, 6th Baron Mostyn (1948–2011) Gregory Philip Roger Lloyd-Mostyn, 7th Baron Mostyn [ 5 ] (b. 1984) The heir presumptive is the present holder's third cousin twice removed, Roger Hugh Lloyd-Mostyn (born 1941), great-great-grandson of the 2nd Baron.
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 ...
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."
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