Mosley baronets of Ancoats (1781)
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The Mosley baronetcy, of Ancoats, in the County of Lancaster, was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 8 June 1781 for John Mosley, a distant relation of the 2nd and 3rd Baronets of the 1720 creation, and adopted by the childless 2nd Baronet.[2][a][4][1]
His grandson the 2nd Baronet represented North Staffordshire in the House of Commons. The 4th Baronet served as High Sheriff of Staffordshire in 1894.[1]
The family seats were Rolleston Hall, near Rolleston on Dove, Staffordshire, and Ancoats Hall, near Manchester.
