Hall, Flintshire, North West view, seat of Sir E. Mostyn The
Mostyn Baronetcy, of
Talacre in the County of Flint, was created in the Baronetage of England on 28 April 1670 for Edward Mostyn. 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. Charles Mostyn, son of Charles Mostyn, second son of the fifth Baronet, married Mary Lucinda (née Butler) (died 1831), a descendant of Mary, eldest sister of Henry Vaux, 5th Baron Vaux of Harrowden (on whose death in 1663 the barony fell into
abeyance). In 1838 the barony of Vaux of Harrowden was called out of abeyance in favour of their son George Charles Mostyn, who became the sixth Baron. See the
Baron Vaux of Harrowden for further history of this branch of the family. The Most Reverend
Francis Mostyn, fourth son of the eighth Baronet, was Roman Catholic
Archbishop of Cardiff.
Sir (Joseph) David Frederick Mostyn (1928–2007), great-grandson of Captain Edward Henry Mostyn, second son of the seventh Baronet, was a General in the
Royal Green Jackets. The family sold the Talacre estate in 1919. ==List of Mostyn baronets, of Mostyn (1660)==