Sir William Arthur Mount, 1st Baronet CBE (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 became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 2010.
The eldest son of William George Mount of Wasing Place, Berkshire and wife Marianne Emily Clutterbuck, he was educated at Eton and New College, Oxford where he achieved honours in classics and modern history. 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) and Charles Thomson Ritchie (later Baron Ritchie of Dundee). After his father stepped down as member for the South, or Newbury division of Berkshire in 1900 he was elected and served for six years before being defeated at the 1906 general election by his Liberal opponent. In the January 1910 general election he stood again and succeeded in regaining his seat where he remained until resigning in 1922. He was created a baronet in the 1921 Birthday Honours.[1] He was deputy lieutenant and magistrate for Berkshire and was elected chairman of the Berkshire county council in 1926. He died whilst out hunting with the South Berks hounds on 8 December 1930.[2][3]
Married in London, Middlesex, on 9 November 1899 to Hilda Lucy Adelaide Low (Kensington, London, Middlesex, 23 May 1875 - 3 April 1950), parents to Sir William Mount, 2nd Baronet. His wife was the daughter of (William) Malcolm Low (Lucknow, India, 6 November 1835 - 14 June 1923) and wife (m. 30 July 1872), Lady Ida Matilda Alice Feilding (23 June 1840 - 16 December 1915), paternal granddaughter of General Sir John Low (Clatto, Fife, 13 December 1788 - 10 January 1880) and wife (m. Mussoorie, India, 10 April 1829) Augusta Ludlow Shakespear (Calcutta, India, 4 March 1809 - 16 August 1892), and maternal granddaughter of 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).[4]
He died while crossing a meadow at Aldermaston while riding with the South Berkshire hounds from his residence at Wasing Place.
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by William George Mount |
Member of Parliament for Newbury 1900 – 1906 |
Succeeded by Frederick Coleridge Mackarness |
| Preceded by Frederick Coleridge Mackarness |
Member of Parliament for Newbury January 1910 – 1922 |
Succeeded by Howard Clifton Brown |
| Baronetage of the United Kingdom | ||
| New creation | Baronet (of Wasing) 1921 – 1930 |
Succeeded by William Mount |