Sir Oswald Mosley, 4th Baronet
Sir Oswald Mosley of Ancoats, 4th Baronet, was a British baronet.Family
Mosley was born in Staffordshire in 1848 the eldest son of Sir Tonman Mosley, 3rd Baronet, of Ancoats, who succeeded to the title of 3rd Baronet Mosley, of Ancoats, on 24 May 1871, and wife Catherine Wood, daughter of The Reverend John Wood of Swanwick, Derbyshire and Emily Susanna Bellairs. His younger brother was Tonman Mosley, 1st Baron Anslow. His paternal grandparents were Sir Oswald Mosley, 2nd Baronet, of Ancoats, and Sophia Annie Every.
Mosley's family were Anglo-Irish. His branch were prosperous landowners in Staffordshire.Career
He was educated at Eton, and went on to own around of land. His residences included Rolleston Hall in Rolleston on Dove and he was engaged in farming and cattle breeding. He succeeded the baronetcy on 28 April 1890.
Mosley was nicknamed "Baronet John Bull" due to his resemblance to John Bull, the national personification of Great Britain.Marriage and issue
He married Elizabeth Constance White, daughter of Sir William White, in the first quarter of 1873 in Marylebone District, London. Their son Sir Oswald Mosley, 5th Baronet, of Ancoats married Katharine Maud Edwards-Heathcote, the second child of Captain Justinian Edwards-Heathcote of Market Drayton, Shropshire; their son was the Fascist politician Sir Oswald Mosley, 6th Baronet. Their daughter Constance Mosley, married as his second wife on 11 March 1907 Charles Fitzroy Ponsonby McNeill, son of Captain Duncan McNeill and Fanny Charlotte Emma Talbot, and had one daughter.Picture
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