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in 1614, 1620–1622, and 1624–1625. It was Sir Edward who first acquired the properties of Rolleston Hall that became the family seat. Sir Edward (1569–1638) died unmarried and without issue, and his estates were inherited by his nephew—the Edward Mosley who was to become the 1st Baronet.
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The arms of the 2nd Baronet are blazoned: Quarterly—1st and 4th, sable a chevron between three battle axes argent; 2nd and 3rd, or a fesse between three eagles displayed sable. Crest—An eagle displayed ermine.
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on 18 June 1720 for Oswald Mosley, a third cousin once removed of the second Baronet of the 1640 creation. The title became extinct on the death of the third Baronet in 1779.
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The heir apparent to both the barony and the baronetcy is the present holder's eldest son, the Hon. Alexander Lucas Mosley (born 2012).
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created for their father in 1911. After Lady Cynthia's early death in 1933, the sixth Baronet married, as his second wife, the Hon.
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The 1st Baronet's father was Rowland Mosley (1558–1616), another son of the aforesaid Sir Nicholas and his wife Marjorie.
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The Genealogy of the Existing British Peerage and Baronetage: Containing the Family Histories of the Nobility
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in 1614; appointed a justice of the peace and Attorney-General for the Duchy of Lancaster; and elected as a
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The Mosley baronetcy of Ancoats effectively serves as a subsidiary title of the
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of Hough End Hall (who acquired the Manor of Manchester in 1596 and was
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on 10 July 1640 for Edward Mosley, of Rolleston Hall, a grandson of
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Daniel Nicholas Mosley, 4th Baron Ravensdale, 8th Baronet
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In 1966, Mosley's son from his first marriage, author
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Printed for private circulation, 1849. 306:Sir John Mosley, 3rd Baronet (died 1779) 1679:1779 disestablishments in Great Britain 1543: 1483: 211:, succeeded his mother's elder sister, 374:Hon. 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Index

Baronetage of England
Baronetage of Great Britain
Baron Ravensdale
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Rolleston
County of Stafford
Baronetage of England
Sir Nicholas Mosley
Lord Mayor of London
Sir Edward Mosley
James I of England
Member of Parliament
Preston
second Baronet, also called Edward
St Michael
Baronetage of Great Britain
Ancoats
County of Lancaster
John Mosley
the second Baronet
House of Commons
the fourth Baronet
High Sheriff of Staffordshire
Sir Oswald Mosley
British Union of Fascists
Lady Cynthia Curzon
George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston
barony of Ravensdale
Diana Mitford
Bryan Guinness

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