Richard Mounteney

The Honourable

Richard Mounteney, 1746 portrait by William Hogarth.
Baron of the Court of Exchequer (Ireland)
In office
1737–1768
Personal details
Born 1707
Putney, Surrey
Died 3 March 1768(1768-03-03)
Belturbet, County Cavan
Nationality Irish
Alma mater King's College, Cambridge
Profession Barrister, Judge

Richard Mounteney (or Mountney) (1707–1768) was an Irish judge and classical scholar.

Life

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 was elected in 1725 to King's College, Cambridge, was noted as a good classical scholar, and became a Fellow. He graduated B.A. in 1729, and M.A. in 1735.[1] Among his close friends at university were Sneyd Davies and Sir Edward Walpole.[2]

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.[2]

Mounteney died on 3 March 1768 at Belturbet, County Cavan, while on circuit.[2]

Works

His works are:

Family

Mounteney's first wife Margaret was buried at Donnybrook, Dublin, on 8 April 1756. His second marriage was with Manoah, Dowager-countess, the widow of Thomas Montgomery, 5th Earl of Mount Alexander, daughter of Daniel de la Cherois, of Lisburn; it was announced in Sleator's Public Gazetteer on 6 October 1759.[2]

References

  1. "Mounteney, Richard (MNTY725R)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Cooper 1894.
Attribution

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Cooper, Thompson (1894). "Mounteney, Richard". In Lee, Sidney. Dictionary of National Biography. 39. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 

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