MOWBRAY, SIR JOHN ROBERT, BART., only son of Robert Stribling Cornish, Exeter, Devon, architect, Mayor and Alderman of Exeter, and Marianne, only dau. of John Powning, Hill’s Court, near Exeter, Devon, architect and builder; b. 3 Jun 1815; adm. 16 Sep 1829 (Stelfox's); left Christmas 1832; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 23 May 1833, Canoneer Student 1835-47, Honorary Student 1877; President, Oxford Union 1836; BA 1837; MA 1839; DCL 30 Nov 1868; Hon. Fellow, Hertford Coll., 1875; adm. Inner Temple 15 Oct 1834, called to bar 19 Nov 1841; Western Circuit; assumed surname of Mowbray in lieu of Cornish 26 Jul 1847; MP (Cons) Durham Jun 1853-68, Oxford University from 1868; “Father” of House of Commons from 1898; Judge Advocate-Gen., 1858-9, 1866-8; Privy Councillor 6 Apr 1858; a Church Estates Commissioner 1866-8, 1871-92; created baronet 3 May 1880; DL JP co. Durham, JP Berkshire 1858; a Governor of the School from 1877; Busby Trustee 19 May 1885; m. 19 Aug 1847 Elizabeth Gray, only surviving child of George Isaac Mowbray, Bishopwearmouth, co. Durham; d. 22 Apr 1899. DNB.
MOURTONE, ---; b.; adm.; KS; left 1549 (Chapter Muniments 33673).
MOUNTAIGNE, HUGH; b.; adm.; KS in 1618; St. Catharine’s Coll. Cambridge, matr. Easter 1621; BA 1622/3; ordained deacon 21 Dec, priest 23 Dec 1623 (both Peterborough); lic. to m. 31 Mar 1624 Mary Tomson, Peterborough.
Mounsey, Robert Roy, son of Oswald Robert Mounsey, of Colnbrook, Middlesex; b. March 20, 1903; adm. Jan. 17, 1918 (G); left July 1920; Capt. North Staffordshire Regt. Jan. 21, 1937; Major May 29, 1946; m. Margaret.
MOUNSEY, GEORGE GILL, eldest son of Robert Mounsey, Castletown, Cumberland, attorney, and Mary, dau. of Capt. Joseph Gill, Carlisle; b. 27 May 1797; adm. 19 Jan 1810; left 1811; an attorney, adm. Easter 1818; practised at Carlisle; Secretary to Right Rev. Hugh Percy, Bishop of Carlisle, and Deputy Registrar, Diocese of Carlisle 1818; edited Authentic Account of the Occupation of Carlisle in 1745 by Prince Charles Edward Stuart, 1846; m. 6 Sep 1827 Isabella, dau. of John Heysham MD, Carlisle; d. 23 Feb 1874.
Mounsey, Claud Oswald, brother of Robert Roy Mounsey (q.v.); b. Sept. 2, 1905; adm. Sept. 26, 1918 (G); left Easter 1921; Lieut. R.N.V.R. Sept. 5, 1941; m. Oct. 21, 1933, Lolita Jean, daughter of S.B. Harman.
Mounsey, Charles Francis Ewart, brother of Robert Roy Mounsey (qv); b. 8 Dec. 1906; adm. Sept. 1919 (G); left July 1921; rubber industry in Maiava, later an accountant for an engineering firm; 2nd Lieut. 1/13 Frontier Force Police IA Jan. 1942; m. 1935 Audrey Winifred Soden; d. 1964.