Charles Mosley

Charles Gordon Mosley (14 September 1948 – 5 November 2013) was a British genealogist who specialised in British nobility. He was an author, broadcaster, editor, and publisher, best known for having been Editor-in-Chief of Burke's Peerage & Baronetage (106th edition)—its first update since 1970—and of the re-titled 107th edition, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage.

Biography Mosley was born in West London, the son of (George) Gordon Mosley (1918–1993) and Christine Daisy Ord, daughter of Lt-Col Roy Dowland of the Indian Civil Service. Gordon Mosley was with the BBC from 1947 to 1965, working at various times as assistant to Harman Grisewood, as BBC representative at Delhi, and as head of overseas talks and features. Mosley's only sibling, Frances, worked in primary mathematics education, and is the creator of many successful mathematical games.

He grew up in Wraysbury, Berkshire, and attended Eton College from 1962 to 1967, having been elected a King's Scholar. He attended King's College, Cambridge, from 1967 to 1970, and graduated with a degree in English Literature, Philosophy and History. He served in the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, and lived in Italy, Ireland, and France. From 2008 to 2010 Mosley was a Fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce. who had been in poor health for some time, died of an infection. On the same day, Mosley was admitted to Stoke Mandeville Hospital for treatment for cancer. He died on 5 November 2013.