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Detail of a portrait of Lady Augusta Mostyn by Herbert Sidney (Mostyn Estates)

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.[1] Her parents were William Nevill, 4th Earl of Abergavenny, and Caroline Leeke.[2] 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.[3] 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.[4] This is thought to have been the first art gallery dedicated to exhibiting work by female artists in the world.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Lady Augusta Mostyn—a heroine of Llandudno", North Wales Daily Post, 29 April 2010, retrieved 15 March 2015
  2. ^ Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes. Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999. volume 1, page 19
  3. ^ "Church of All Saints". Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  4. ^ Cheshire Observer (Chester, Cheshire, England) 29 Dec 1894, Sat - Page 5
  5. ^ "A world first—and a warning". Mostyn. Archived from the original on 2015-01-30. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
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