Sir William Mount, 2nd Baronet

Lieutenant-Colonel Sir William Malcolm Mount, 2nd Baronet, 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. His youngest daughter, Viola Clare (b. 1938), married Dr. John Robert Blyth Currie.

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.

Career

Military On 25 February 1924, he was commissioned in the 99th (Bucks and Berks Yeomanry), a Territorial Army (TA) unit of the Royal Regiment of Artillery, a second lieutenant. His service number was 28268. He was promoted to lieutenant on 25 February 1926. He was promoted to captain on 1 March 1937, and major on 17 September 1938.

He served in World War II during which time he was wounded at D-Day in Normandy. He transferred to the Reconnaissance Corps on 14 September 1941, and given the service number 28268. He was made Lieutenant-Colonel.

Aviation Mount had interest in aviation, being a director of the Miles Aircraft Company. Mount went on to develop Brimpton Airfield.

Berkshire appointments Mount was appointed as High Sheriff of Berkshire, and Vice-Lieutenant for Berkshire in 1960. crest=Upon a mount vert a fox salient proper, supporting a ragged staff erect sable motto=Prudenter et Constanter ("Prudently and Constantly")