Background
The son of Richard Mounteney, an officer in the customs house, by Maria, daughter of John Carey, he was born at Putney, Surrey, in 1707, and educated at Eton School.
The son of Richard Mounteney, an officer in the customs house, by Maria, daughter of John Carey, he was born at Putney, Surrey, in 1707, and educated at Eton School.
He graduated Bachelor of Arts in 1729, and Master of Arts
He was elected in 1725 to King"s College, Cambridge, was noted as a good classical scholar, and became a Fellow. in 1735. Mounteney was called to the bar at the Inner Temple, and by the influence of his patron Sir Robert Walpole, he was appointed in 1737 one of the Barons of the Court of Exchequer (Ireland). He was one of the judges who presided at the trial between James Annesley and Richard Annesley, 6th Earl of Anglesey, in 1743.
Mounteney died on 3 March 1768 at Belturbet, County Cavan, while on circuit.
Mounteney"s first wife Margaret was buried at Donnybrook, Dublin, on 8 April 1756.
