Researching Augusta Mostyn
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 226 people with the Mostyn surname? In that year Mostyn was ranked number 3353 for popularity in the UK. |
Records of Augusta Mostyn on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Augusta Mostyn and the Mostyn Family Tree
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| Did you know that there are currently 439 people with the Mostyn surname in the UK? Mostyn is now ranked number 3627 for popularity in the UK. |
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Some Famous People called Augusta Mostyn
Augusta Mostyn
Lady Henrietta Augusta Lloyd-Mostyn (née Nevill; 18 June 1830 – 25 January 1912) was a philanthropist and artist who contributed to the development of the Welsh town of Llandudno. She was born at Birling Manor near Maidstone, Kent. Her parents were William Nevill, 4th Earl of Abergavenny, and Caroline Leeke. Her sisters, Caroline Emily Nevill and Isabel Nevill, were also photographers. On 19 July 1855 Augusta Nevill married Thomas Lloyd-Mostyn. They had two sons, Llewelyn Neville Vaughan Lloyd-Mostyn and Harry Richard Lloyd-Mostyn. They lived at Gloddaeth Hall.
Lady Augusta Mostyn commissioned All Saints Church, Deganwy from the architect John Douglas as a memorial to her parents. She commissioned the Mostyn Art Gallery in Llandudno, the precursor of the current MOSTYN gallery, as a headquarters for the Gwynedd Ladies' Arts Society, a society that was set up by a 'miss Clearance Whaite' (daughter of the president of Royal Cambrian Academy of Art), Lady Mostyn donated £10.10s (which was worth ~£1500 after inflation in 2019), thus making her the founder.This is thought to have been the first art gallery dedicated to exhibiting work by female artists in the world.
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