Sir Oswald Mosley, 2nd Baronet, of Ancoats

Sir Oswald Mosley, 2nd Baronet, of Ancoats (27 March 1785 – 24 May 1871) was a British politician and writer.

He was the son of Oswald Mosley (17 March 1761 – 27 July 1789), son of Sir John Parker Mosley, 1st Baronet, of Ancoats (1732 - 29 September 1798), created 1st Baronet Mosley, of Ancoats, in the Baronetage of Great Britain, on 8 June 1781, and wife (married 7 April 1760) Elizabeth Bayley (died 15 October 1797), daughter of James Bayley of Withington (1705–1769) and Anne Peploe (1702–1769), daughter of Samuel Peploe. John Parker Mosley was the son of Nicholas Mosley (died 1734) and Elizabeth Parker.

He had four aunts:

Mosley's family were Anglo-Irish. His branch were prosperous landowners in Staffordshire. The family seat was at Rolleston Hall, near Burton upon Trent and he succeeded to the title of 2nd Baronet Mosley, of Ancoats, on 29 September 1798. His uncle Ashton Nicholas Mosley married his mother-in-law Mary Morley and had issue, who succeeded in the House.

He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Portarlington 1806-1807, Winchelsea 1807-1812, Midhurst 1817-1818 and Staffordshire North 1832–1837. He was High Sheriff of Staffordshire 1814.

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