Henry Francis Mount was born on 1971 and is a British author and journalist, who is the editor of The Oldie magazine, and a frequent contributor to the Daily Mail and The Daily Telegraph.
12 Facts About Harry Mount
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Harry Mount's father, Sir Ferdinand Mount, Bt, FRSL, is a journalist, and was an advisor to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
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Harry Mount was educated at the North Bridge House School in London, followed by Westminster School, where he was an Honorary Scholar.
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Harry Mount then read Ancient and Modern History at Magdalen College, Oxford, graduating with a first.
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Harry Mount pursued postgraduate studies in Architectural History at the Courtauld Institute, receiving an additional MA degree; he then qualified as a barrister, but failed to secure a tenancy in chambers following his pupillage.
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Harry Mount is editor of The Oldie, a British monthly magazine founded in 1992 by Richard Ingrams.
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Ingrams was succeeded in 2014 by Alexander Chancellor, and Harry Mount took over after Chancellor's death in 2017.
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Harry Mount has worked as a leader writer and a New York correspondent for The Daily Telegraph.
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Harry Mount previously had a regular column at the same paper.
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Harry Mount has written extensively for The Spectator since 2002, and for the Evening Standard since 2012.
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In 2022, Harry Mount was appointed an Independent Member of the House of Lords Appointments Commission during Boris Johnson's final days in office.
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Harry Mount edited a collection of Auberon Waugh's journalism entitled Closing the Circle.