Background
Eldest son of Sir William Arthur Mount, 1st Baronet and wife Hilda Lucy Adelaide Low, Mount was born on 28 December 1904.
lieutenant army officer High Sheriff
Eldest son of Sir William Arthur 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.
He inherited the baronetcy and the family estate at Wasing Place in Berkshire on 8 December 1930 on the death of his father. Military
On 25 February 1924, he was commissioned in the 99th (Buckinghamshire and Berkshire Yeomanry), a Territorial Army unit of the Royal Regiment of Artillery, a second lieutenant. 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 World War II during which time he was wounded at Doctorate-Day in Normandy. He transferred to the Reconnaissance Corps on 14 September 1941, and given the service number 28268.
He was awarded the Efficiency Decoration (Territorial Decoration) on 15 May 1942. He was made Lieutenant-Colonel.
Aviation
Mount had interest in aviation, being a director of the Miles Aircraft Company.
In 1950 he stood trial with F.G. Miles on 24 charges of making false and reckless statements in connection with the 1946 Miles share prospectus. Mount went on to develop Brimpton Airfield. Berkshire appointments
Mount was appointed as High Sheriff of Berkshire, and Vice-Lieutenant for Berkshire in 1960.
He died at the age of 88 in 1993.