Baron Mostyn, of Mostyn in the County of Flint, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.[1]
The title was created in 1831 for Sir Edward Lloyd, 2nd Baronet, who had earlier represented Flint Boroughs and Beaumaris in the House of Commons. His son, the second Baron, sat as a Member of Parliament for Flintshire and Lichfield and served as Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire.
In 1831 Lord Mostyn assumed by Royal licence the additional surname of Mostyn. His eldest son and heir the Hon. Thomas Lloyd-Mostyn, who also represented Flintshire in Parliament, predeceased his father. Lord Mostyn was therefore succeeded by his grandson, the third Baron (the son of Hon. Thomas Lloyd-Mostyn). The 6th Baron died on 22 March 2011 and was succeeded by his only son.[2]
The Baronetcy of Pengwerra in the County of Flint, was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain in 1778 for Edward Lloyd, with remainder to his nephews. He was succeeded according to the special remainder by his eldest nephew, the aforementioned second Baronet, who was elevated to the peerage in 1831.
The family seat is Mostyn Hall, near Mostyn.
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.[5]
The heir presumptive's heir is his eldest son, Christopher Edward Lloyd-Mostyn (b. 1968)
The heir presumptive's heir's heir is his son Alexander James Lloyd-Mostyn (b. 2000)
Escutcheon: | Quarterly 1st & 4th per bend sinister Ermine and Ermines a lion rampant Or (Mostyn) 2nd & 3rd Gules a Saracen's head afftrontee erased at the neck Proper, wreathed about the temples Argent and Sable (Lloyd). |
Crest: | 1st on a mount Vert a lion rampant Or 2nd a Saracen's head as in the arms 3rd a stag trippant Proper attired Or charged on the shoulder with an escutcheon of the second thereon a chevron of the first between three men's heads in profile couped at the neck also Proper. |
Supporters: | Dexter a stag Proper attired Or charged on the shoulder with an escutcheon Gules thereon a chevron Argent between three men's heads couped in profile Proper sinister a lion Or charged on the shoulder with an escutcheon Argent thereon a cross engrailed and fleurettee Sable between three Cornish choughs Proper. |
Motto: | Auxilium Meum A Domino (My Help Is From The Lord)[6] |