Harry Mount
Henry Francis Mount (born 1971) is a British author and journalist who is editor of "The Oldie" and a frequent contributor to the "Daily Mail" and the "Daily Telegraph". Early life. Harry Mount was born in 1971. His father, Sir Ferdinand Mount, Bt, FRSL, is also a journalist, and was an advisor to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. One of his second cousins is the former British prime minister David Cameron. Mount was educated at the North Bridge House School in London, followed by Westminster School, where he was an Honorary Scholar. He then read Ancient and Modern History  at Magdalen College, Oxford, graduating with a First. At Oxford he was a member of the Bullingdon Club. 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. He also briefly worked as a banker. Career. Mount worked as a leader writer and a New York correspondent for the "Daily Telegraph". He attracted some mild comment in 2004 for refusing to review David Mitchell's widely acclaimed "Cloud Atlas" for the "Sunday Telegraph" because he could not  finish it, finding it "unreadable". Personal life. Mount lives in Kentish Town, north London. Works. Mount is the author of several books: In June 2013, Bloomsbury published "The Wit and Wisdom of Boris Johnson", edited and introduced by Mount. Mount also edited a collection of Auberon Waugh's journalism entitled "Closing the Circle".