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4 unusual facts about Mostyn


Baron Mostyn

Thomas Lloyd-Mostyn, who also represented Flintshire in Parliament, predeceased his father.

Mostyn

Today, manufactured wings for the massive Airbus A380 aircraft leave Mostyn on the ship Ville De Bordeaux, after travelling down the River Dee by barge from the Airbus wing factory at Broughton, Flintshire.

Sir Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Baronet

In 1628 he married Sydney, daughter of Sir Roger Mostyn of Mostyn, Flintshire, thereby also gaining estates in north Wales.

Thornton Hough

By the beginning of the 19th century, Thornton Hough formed part of the Neston Estate owned by Baron Mostyn of Mostyn, Flintshire.


2007–08 A.F.C. Bournemouth season

The only bid that administrators Gerald Krasner and Begbies Traynor accepted came from a consortium led by chairman Jeff Mostyn.

Dee Estuary

The estuary also plays a part in the most modern of industries as it provides the first stage of transport of Airbus A380 wings on their way to Toulouse via barge to Mostyn docks.

Gareth Williams, Baron Williams of Mostyn

He was made a life peer as Baron Williams of Mostyn, of Great Tew in Oxfordshire in 1992 and became an opposition spokesman in the House of Lords on Legal Affairs, and later Northern Ireland.

Huw Morus

Huw was sponsored by several members of the gentry of north-east Wales, including William Owen of Brogyntyn, Sir Thomas Mostyn of Gloddaeth, and Sir Thomas Myddleton of Chirk Castle.

Mostyn Colliery

The project was funded by the colliery owner, the current Lord Mostyn, and J. P. Eyton, and was known as the Bychan Embankment.

William Chichele Plowden

They had a daughter Margaret who married Hubert Mostyn, 7th Lord Vaux.


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