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Famous and Infamous Mountains
Famous and Infamous Mountains
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George (Montaigne) Mountain, Archbishop of York (1569-1628)
George Montaigne was the son of a Cawood farmer and educated at Queen's College, Cambridge where he became a college fellow (1592-1611) . He was Chaplain to the Earl of Essex, Professor of Divinity at Gresham College, Master of the Savoy and Chaplain to King James I, Rector of Great Cressingham, Norfolk, of Aspeden, Hertfordshire, of Cheam, Surrey, Dean of Westminster (1610-7), Bishop of Lincoln (1617‑21), of London (1621-7), then of Durham (1627‑8). When the Archbishop of York died, the King spoke to Bishop Mountain and asked about a successor, Bishop Mountain apparently said: "hads't thou faith as a grain of mustard seed, thou would say to this mountain (laying his hand on his breast), be removed to that See". This was a play on words from Luke 17:6 "And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye would say unto this mulberry tree, Be thou rooted up, and be thou planted in the sea." He was accordingly appointed Archbishop of York in June 1628 but died shortly after his enthronement. In his will he left money for the poor of Cawood and for poor children to be placed as apprentices. He died October,1628 at the age of 59.
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Jacob Mountain, First Anglican Bishop of Quebec (1749-1825)
Born in the parish of Thwaite All Saints, England, second son of Jacob Mountain and Ann Postle. He received his B.A. from Cambridge University, was elected junior fellow of the college, and was ordained deacon by the bishop of Norwich, all in 1774. On 28 June 1793 Mountain was appointed to the newly created see of Quebec.
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George Jehoshaphat Mountain, Third Anglican of Quebec (1789-1863)
Born in Norwich, England, the son of Jacob Mountain, George moved with his family to Quebec City in 1793. From 1824 to 1835, he was principal of McGill College and became Bishop in 1836.
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Kilkenny Highway Robbers (ca. 1850)
In 1850 James Mountain (age 25), Hugh Mountain (age 22), Mary Mountain (age 27), and Jane Mountain (age 15) were sentenced in Kilkenny for highway robbery. Their sentence was 15 years in Australia. James was transported to Tasmania on the ship Hyderabad, September 1850, Hugh to Western Australia on the ship Robert Small, April 1853, and Mary and Jane to Tasmania on the ship Black Friar, January 1851. Many thanks to James Mountain who found these records in the Ireland National Archives database. More information about the transportation of Irish convicts to Australia can be found in this article from Journal of the Irish Society for Archives.
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William Mountain, Burglar (b. 1853)
William may be the son of David Mountain and grandson of John Mountain from County Waterford, Ireland. He was arrested for burglary by Detective James B. Sweeney in Albany, NY 1884. Detective Sweeney was known for apprehending many notorious criminals.
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Frank Mountain, Major League Baseball Player (1860-1939)
Frank Mountain was born on May 17,, 1860 in Fort Edward, New York, the son of David Mountain (1823 - aft. 1887) and grandson of John Mountain (b. abt. 1800) from County Waterford, Ireland. Frank played seven seasons in the major leagues from 1880-1886 and is believed to be the first pitcher to hit a homerun in the major leagues. He played for the Troy Trojans (1880), Detroit Wolverines (1881), Worcester Ruby Legs (1882), Philadelphia Athletics (1882), Columbus Buckeyes (1883-1884), and Pittsburgh Alleghenys (1885-1886).
Photo (Frank is in the back row holding the baseball)
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Charles Mountain, murderer (1863)
Transcribed from the Stockton [CA] Daily Independent
Wednesday, 11 March 1863
INSANE -- A man named Charles Mountain was brought up on the boat from San Francisco yesterday morning by officer Clarkson and taken to the Insane Asylum. This man Mountain recently killed a man somewhere near the “Hog Ranch,” in the neighborhood of the head of Market street, San Francisco, and on his trial for the killing, the jury, a day or 2 ago, considered him insane, and the Judge directed that he be taken to the place where he now is.
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Sir Edward Mortimer Mountain (1872–1948)
Sir Edward Mortimer Mountain was born on November 24, 1872 in Southwark, the second son of Stanford Henry Mountain and his wife, Louisa, daughter of George Eve. He was educated at Dulwich College, then joined a Lloyd's insurance broker's office. In 1897 Mountain married Evelyn Ellen Regina (d. 1950), daughter of August Siegle. He made his fortune in the insurance business. He was knighted in 1918 and created a baronet in 1922. He died on June 22, 1948 at Dunkeld House, Perthshire, Scotland leaving an estate of £582,824. Dunkeld House is now a Hilton hotel.
In 1934 he organized the first serious watch for the Loch Ness monster. Twenty men were paid £2 per week to sit by the loch-side with box cameras. Since they were given a bonus of £10.50 for a successful picture of the monster it was not surprising that a number of spurious photographs were obtained.
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George Eugene Mountain, Jockey (1878-1948)
George Mountain was born March 11, 1878 in Illinois, the son of Henry Mountain and grandson of James Mountain. Both Henry and James are listed in the 1850 Grafton Township, IL census as having been born in Ireland. George rode Peter Pan to victory in the 1907 Belmont Stakes and had 17 stakes winners including Colin who won the 1907 Eclipse Stakes. He toured Mexico and South America after 1911 and rode his last race in Venezuela in 1927. After retiring from racing, George Mountain settled in California where he died on January 12, 1948. The 1930 Los Angles, CA census lists George's brother William F. Mountain as having the father born in Northern Ireland.
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William Mountain, Robber (b. abt 1886)
LITTLE GIRL IS THROWN BEFORE HORSE BY THIEF
Brooklyn Standard Union
3 May 1906Detected in the act of robbing the ice cream booth of Marco Buono, on Surf avenue, Coney Island, William Mountain, 20 years old, of 177 Fifteenth street, chased by mounted Policeman Ringerman, of the Coney Island station, ran up Surf avenue, and closely pursued by the officer, caught up a four-year-old girl who was playing in Seaside Park, near the Concourse, and threw her in front of the officer's horse to stop his pursuit.
Horrified at the act, the officer threw the horse sideways, and plunged into the Seaside Park wall, over which he was thrown. Ringerman cleared the wall and landed in the sand uninjured. The little girl picked herself up unhurt and ran away.
Mounted Officer Williams, coming from the opposite direction, attracted by the cries of the crowd, nabbed Mountain, and turned him over to Ringerman.
Sticks and brick bats were thrown at Mountain with cries of "Lynch him." The demonstration continued to the station where reserves dispersed the mob.
Last updated: 04 May 2008
Project Manager: Dave Mountain <d-mountain @ comcast.net>