William Mount (Isle of Wight MP)
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William Mount
He was the son of William Mount (3 January 1753 – 15 June 1815) and his wife (m. 4 October 1781) Jenny (? – 11 October 1843), daughter of Thomas Page. His paternal grandfather, John Mount (? – 1786; son of William Mount and Jane Huckell), High Sheriff of Berkshire in 1770, built Wasing Place. The Mount family were in business as stationers at Tower Hill, London from the late seventeenth century.[1]
He is the great-great-grandfather of Ferdinand Mount and the great-great-great-grandfather of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom David Cameron. He was educated at Eton College (1802–05) and Oriel College, Oxford (1805).[2]
William Mount was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Yarmouth from 1818 to 1819 and for Newport, Isle of Wight from 1831 to 1832.[2] He was appointed High Sheriff of Berkshire for 1826–27.[2]
He married, on 27 June 1818, Charlotte (d. 17 January 1879), the daughter and coheiress of George Talbot of Temple Guiting, Gloucestershire. They had 2 sons, including William George Mount, and 2 daughters.[2]
His wife was the daughter of George Talbot (1763–1836) and wife (m. 4 January 1789) Charlotte Elizabeth Drake (? – 1817), paternal granddaughter of
References
- ^ "MOUNT, William (1787-1869), of Wasing Place, Thatcham, Berks. | History of Parliament Online".
- ^ a b c d "MOUNT, William (1787-1869), of Wasing Place, Thatcham, Berks". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 28 June 2013.
- ^ "Ancestry of David Cameron".
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