Sir John Mosley, 1st Baronet

Sir John Parker Mosley, 1st Baronet, of Ancoats (1732–1798) was an English landowner and baronet.

He was born at Ancoats Hall on 22 February 1732 to Nicholas Mosley, Esq. of Ancoats, and Elizabeth Parker.[1] The Mosleys were an old and distinguished Manchester family with medieval origins in Staffordshire. His father died in 1734, thus he was adopted by his cousin and godfather, Sir Oswald Mosley, 2nd Baronet, of Rolleston (1705–1757).[2]

Mosley worked as a hatter and had a profitable business in that trade.[3] In 1779, as per the will of his adoptive father, he inherited the estates of Rev. Sir John Mosley, 3rd Baronet, of Rolleston, which included Rolleston Hall and extensive lands in Staffordshire.[4] On 24 March 1781, he was created a baronet in the Baronetage of Great Britain by George III.[1][5] He served as High Sheriff of Lancashire in 1786.[1]

Mosley married Elizabeth Bayley, daughter of James Bayley and Anne Peploe, daughter of the Rt. Rev. Samuel Peploe.[1] He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his grandson Sir Oswald Mosley, 2nd Baronet.

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References
  1. Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke’s Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage. Burke's Peerage. p. 3284. ISBN 978-0-9711966-2-9.
  2. Family Memoirs, Sir Oswald Mosley, p. 42
  3. The admission register of the Manchester school, with some notices of the more distinguished scholar. Chetham society. 1866. p. 167.
  4. Cokayne, George Edward (1900-01-01). Complete baronetage: Volume V. Dalcassian Publishing Company. p. 52.
  5. Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. Burke's Peerage Limited. 1830. p. 539.
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