Sir William Mount, 2nd Baronet
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir William Malcolm Mount, 2nd Baronet,[1] TD (28 December 1904 – 22 June 1993), was a British Army officer, High Sheriff of Berkshire and maternal grandfather to David Cameron, former UK Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party.
Personal life
Eldest son of Sir William Mount, 1st Baronet, and wife Hilda Lucy Adelaide Low, Mount was born on 28 December 1904. He was educated at Eton and New College, Oxford.[1]
On 17 October 1929 at St. John the Baptist, Moulsford, Berkshire (now Oxfordshire), Mount married Elizabeth Nance Llewellyn (Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, 22 December 1904 – 5 December 1994).[citation needed]
His eldest daughter Cecilia Mary (1931–2018) married
Baronetcy
He inherited the Mount baronetcy of Wasing in Berkshire along with the Mount family estates on 8 December 1930 on the death of his father.[3]
Career
Military
On 25 February 1924, he was commissioned in the
He served in
Aviation
Mount had interest in aviation, being a director of the
Berkshire appointments
Mount was appointed as High Sheriff of Berkshire,
Death
He died at the age of 88 in 1993. At the time of his death, he had three daughters but no surviving sons so his baronetcy was inherited by his nephew Ferdinand.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Mount". Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage: With Her Majesty's Royal Warrant Holders, 1969. Kelly's Directories. 1968. p. 577.
- ^ "David Cameron is UK's new prime minister". BBC. 12 May 2010. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
- ^ "No. 33714". The London Gazette. 8 May 1931. p. 3029.
- ^ "Territorial Army – Royal Regiment of Artillery – 99th (Bucks and Berks Yeomanry)". The London Gazette. 4 March 1924. p. 1929. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
- ^ "99th (Bucks and Berks Yeomanry)". The London Gazette. 23 April 1926. p. 2781. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
- ^ "Territorial Army – Royal Artillery – 99th (Bucks and Berks Yeomanry)". The London Gazette. 27 April 1937. p. 2735. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
- ^ "Territorial Army – Royal Artillery – 99th (Bucks and Berks Yeomanry)". The London Gazette. 16 September 1938. p. 5893. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
- ^ a b "Territorial Army – Reconnaissance Corps". The London Gazette. 20 February 1942. p. 890. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
- ^ "Reconnaissance Corps". The London Gazette. 12 May 1942. p. 2113. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
- ^ a b "Brimpton (EGLP) Near Aldermaston, Berkshire". Brimpton Airfield. Archived from the original on 22 July 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
- ^ "Gemini." Flight, 1947. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
- ^ Dennis Laxton (1956). "About Britain and the habits of the British". Onward (London). Vol. 4. p. 43.