Sir Edward Mountain, 4th Baronet

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Sir Edward Mountain
Bt MSP
Official Portrait of Edward Mountain MSP.jpg
Official portrait, 2016
Convener of the Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee
Incumbent
Assumed office
5 September 2022
Incumbent
Assumed office
5 May 2016
Personal details
Born (1961-03-19) 19 March 1961 (age 63)
Political party Scottish Conservatives
Website www.edwardmountainmsp.scot

Sir Edward Brian Stanford Mountain, 4th Baronet (born 19 March 1961) is a Scottish Conservative politician who has been a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Highlands and Islands region since 2016. [1]

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Early life

Mountain was commissioned into the Blues and Royals regiment of the British Army from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in October 1981. [2] His military service took him to Uganda, Canada, Spain, Cyprus, Germany, and Egypt. He left in 1992 and continued to serve as a reservist for six years. [3]

In 1997, Mountain left the army reserve, having become a chartered surveyor. By 2006 he was a senior partner in a firm based in Inverness. The following year, he returned to farming. [3] The Mountain family owns estates in Hampshire and in Strathspey.

In the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, Mountain stood in the Caithness, Sutherland and Ross constituency, where he finished fourth. [4] At the 2015 United Kingdom general election he stood unsuccessfully in Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey.

Member of the Scottish Parliament

In the 2016 Scottish Parliament election, Mountain stood as the Conservative candidate for Inverness and Nairn, coming second to Fergus Ewing. Although he failed to win that seat, he was nevertheless elected as an additional member of the Scottish Parliament for the Highlands and Islands region. [5] In the 5th Scottish Parliament, he was the Scottish Conservatives' spokesperson for land reform. [6]

In the 2021 Scottish Parliament election, Mountain retained his seat as a regional member. He serves as the Convener of the Parliament's Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee. [7]

Personal life

In June 1987, Mountain's engagement to Charlotte Sarah Jesson Pownall, daughter of Henry Pownall, was announced, and they were married on 24 October 1987. [8]

Heraldic Achievement

Coat of arms of Sir Edward Mountain, 4th Baronet
Mountain baronets.svg
Crest
Issuant from the battlements of a tower Proper a demi lion guardant Argent holding between the paws an escallop Gules.
Escutcheon
Ermine on a fess Azure between three lions rampant guardant Sable each holding between the forepaws an escallop Gules three cross crosslets Argent. [9]
Motto
Cum cruce salus.
Badge
An ivy leaf and a maple leaf slipped in saltire Proper enfiled by a circlet Or.

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References

  1. ↑ "Election 2016: Highlands and Islands. Scottish Parliament region". BBC News . 6 May 2016.
  2. ↑ "Page 13269 | Supplement 48770, 19 October 1981 | London Gazette | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk.
  3. 1 2 "About | Edward Mountain MSP". Edward Mountain. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  4. ↑ "Vote 2011: Scotland: Constituencies: Caithness, Sutherland & Ross". BBC News. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  5. ↑ Crichton, Emma (6 May 2016). "Scottish Parliamentary Election round up". Highland News. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  6. ↑ "Scottish Conservative appointments for new parliamentary term". Scottish Conservative Party. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  7. ↑ "Edward Mountain". www.parliament.scot. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  8. ↑ "Captain Edward Brian Stanford Mountain" in Marriage Notices from The Times, 1982–2004, 8 June 1987, 26 October 1987
  9. ↑ Burke's Peerage & baronetage. Crans, Switzerland : Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books). 1999. p. 2016. ISBN   978-2-940085-02-6.
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Denis Mountain
 Baronet
(of Oare Manor and Brendon)
2005–present		Incumbent


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