Tonman Mosley, 1st Baron Anslow, (16 January 1850 – 20 August 1933), was a British Conservative politician, businessman and judge. He was chairman of the Buckinghamshire County Council from 1904 until 1921 and chairman of the North Staffordshire Railway company from 1904 until 1923.
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Family
Tonman Mosley was born at East Lodge, Anslow, Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, and baptized at Rolleston-on-Dove, Staffordshire, the younger son of Sir Tonman Mosley, 3rd Baronet, of Ancoats, and his wife Catherine Wood (died 22 April 1891), daughter of The Reverend John Wood of Swanwick Hall, Derbyshire, and Emily Susanna Bellairs, daughter of Abel Walford Bellairs. (See Mosley baronets for earlier history of the family.)
His elder brother Sir Oswald Mosley, 4th Baronet, of Ancoats, was the grandfather of fascist leader Sir Oswald Mosley, 6th Baronet. Mosley's family were prosperous landowners in Staffordshire.
Career
He was educated at Repton School, Repton, Derbyshire, between 1862 and 1868, and at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, between 1868 and 1871 and graduated from the University of Oxford in 1872 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. He was called to the Bar at Inner Temple in 1874 entitled to practice as a barrister-at-law.