Sir William Mount, 1st Baronet

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Sir William Arthur Mount, 1st Baronet

DL (Hartley, Hampshire, 3 August 1866 – 8 December 1930) was a British Conservative Party politician and Member of Parliament for the Newbury constituency. He is the great-grandfather of Conservative politician David Cameron, who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
from 2010 to 2016.

Early life

The eldest son of

modern history.[citation needed
]

Career

Law and politics

He was

called to the Bar by the Inner Temple in 1893. Between 1896 and 1903 he served as assistant private secretary to two Chancellors of Exchequer, Sir Michael Hicks Beach (later Viscount St. Aldwyn)[citation needed] and (from October 1902) Charles Thomson Ritchie (later Lord Ritchie of Dundee).[1]

After his father stepped down as member for the South, or Newbury division of Berkshire in 1900 he was

resigning in 1922.[3]

Berkshire appointments

He was a deputy lieutenant and magistrate for Berkshire and was elected chairman of the Berkshire county council in 1926.[4]

Baronetcy

He was created a baronet in the 1921 Birthday Honours.[2]

Marriage and family

Mount married Hilda Lucy Adelaide Low on 9 November 1899 in Kensington, London, Middlesex.[5] Hilda was born 23 May 1875 to William Malcolm Low and wife (m. 30 July 1872), Lady Ida Matilda Alice Feilding.[nb 1] She died 3 April 1950.[citation needed]

Mount and his wife were parents to Sir William Mount, 2nd Baronet,[5] Robert Francis Mount and George Richard Mount.

Death

He died while crossing a meadow at Aldermaston while riding with the South Berkshire hounds from his residence at Wasing Place[citation needed] on 8 December 1930.[4][6]

Notes

  1. William Basil Percy Feilding, 7th Earl of Denbigh, 6th Earl of Desmond and wife Lady Mary Elizabeth Kitty Moreton (daughter of Thomas Reynolds-Moreton, 1st Earl of Ducie and wife Lady Frances Herbert).[citation needed
    ]

References

  1. ^ "Appointments". The Times. No. 36901. London. 17 October 1902. p. 8.
  2. ^ a b c "Baronets – William Arthur Mount". London Gazette. 4 June 1921. p. 4530.
  3. ^ a b c "Sir William Mount". Commons and Lords Hansard, the Official Report of debates in Parliament. Hansard – MillBanks Systems. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
  4. ^ a b The Times, "Obituaries", 9 December 1930
  5. ^ a b "Mount". Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage: With Her Majesty's Royal Warrant Holders, 1969. Kelly's Directories. 1968. p. 577.
  6. ^ "Sir William Mount, Deceased". London Gazette. 8 May 1931. p. 3029. Retrieved 11 January 2008.

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Preceded by Member of Parliament for Newbury
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Preceded by Member of Parliament for Newbury
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