MOUNT LOFTY 



MOUNT VERNON 



Tyrone to James I. In April, 1603, 

 he put down risings in Cork and the 

 S.E. counties, leaving Ireland in 

 the same year. He received the 

 earldom of Devonshire and other 

 rewards, and undertook diplomatic 

 negotiations with Spain, 1604. The 

 circumstances of his marriage, in 

 1605, with Lady Penelope Rich, who 

 had long been his mistress, caused 

 considerable scandal. Mountjoy 

 died in London, April 3, 1606. 



Mount Lofty. Ranges in South 

 Australia, at the foot of which lies 

 Adelaide. The highest point has an 

 alt. of 2,334 ft. 



Mount Lyell. Mine in Tas- 

 mania. It is situated near the 

 middle of the W. coast, and was 

 discovered in 1883. Worked first 

 for gold, it has since developed into 

 one of the richest of copper mines, 

 yielding half the mineral output of 

 Tasmania. It has been worked by 

 electric power derived from Lake 

 Margaret since 1914. Gormanston, 

 the township near it, has a pop. of 

 800. See Copper. 



Mount Melleray . Trappist mon- 

 astery in co. Waterford, Ireland. It 

 lies on rising ground, 650ft. above 

 sea level, about 4 m. N. of Cappo- 

 quin, and was founded in 1830, the 

 once wild and bleak mt. slopes 

 having been converted into luxuri- 

 ant woodland, fertile pastures, and 

 vegetable gardens. The plain quad 

 rangular buildings include a chapel 

 with lofty spire, a guest house, and 

 schools. See Trappists. 



Mountmellick. Market town oi 

 Queen's co., Ireland. It stands on a 

 small stream called the Owenass, 

 with a station on the G. S. & W. 

 Rly., 6 m. from Maryborough, and 

 50 from Dublin. It is also served by 

 the Grand Canal. It has a trade in 

 agricultural produce and a few 

 manufactures. The Society of 

 Friends established a school here in 

 1796. Market days, Mon. and Sat. 

 Pop. 2,300. 



Mount Morgan. Town in 

 Queensland. It is 24 m. by rly. S. W. 

 of Rockhampton, and is practically 

 maintained by the mine of this 

 name, which has produced 

 20,000,000 from its gold and 

 copper. Pop. 10,000. See Australia. 



Mounts Bay. Inlet on the S. 

 coast of Cornwall, England. It is an 

 important pilchard fishing station, 

 and contains St. Michael's Mount 

 (q.v.). The bay measures 2 1m. across, 

 with Penzance on the W. shore. 



Mountsorrel. Market town of 

 Leicestershire. It stands on the 

 Soar, 4 m. from Loughborougb, and 

 7 from Leicester. The station is 

 Sileby on the Mid. Rly. In the 

 vicinity are extensive granite quar- 

 ries. The chief buildings are two 

 churches, one at North End and 

 the other at South End. Pop. 2,800. 



1st Baron Mount 



Stephen, 

 Canadian financier 



Mount Stephen, GEORGE 



STEPHEN, IST BARON (1829-1921). 

 Canadian financier. Born June 5, 

 1829, son of 

 William Ste- 

 phen, of 

 Dufftown, 

 Banffshire, he 

 emigrated to 

 Canada in 

 1850, and be- 

 came a cloth 

 manufacturer 

 at Montreal, 

 ultimately 

 controlling Kusieii 



other business undertakings, and 

 becoming president of the St. Paul, 

 Minneapolis and Manitoba Rly., 

 and of the Bank of Montreal. About 

 1880 he began his association with 

 his cousin, Donald Smith, after- 

 wards Lord Strathcona, and the 

 two carried to completion the 

 C.P.R. Stephen was the first pre- 

 sident of the line, resigning his post 

 in 1888. In 1886 he was made a 

 baronet, and in 1891 a baron, taking 

 his title from one of the peaks in 

 the Rockies, named after him*. He 

 died Nov. 30, 1921. 



Mount- Temple, WILLIAM 

 FRANCIS COWPER -TEMPLE, IST 

 BARON (1811-88). British politic 



1st Baron Mount- 

 Temple, 

 British politician 



Commons 

 Liberal M.P. 

 for Hertford in 1835. From 1846- 

 55, he was in the Liberal and Coali- 

 tion ministries ; was vice-president 



Mount Vernon. City of Illinois, 

 U.S.A., the co. seat of Jefferson co. 

 It is 75 m. by rly. E.S.E. of St. 

 Louis, and is served by the Louis- 

 ville and Nashville and other rlys. 

 Its manufactures include lumber 

 and machine-shop products. Set- 

 tled in 1819, it was incorporated 

 in 1837, and became a city in 

 1872. Pop. 9,800. 



Mount Vernon. City of Indiana, 

 U.S.A., the co. seat of Posey co. 

 On the phio river, 19 m. W.S.W. of 

 Evansville, it is served by the 

 Louisville and Nashville, and other 

 rlys. The dist. produces large quan- 

 tities of wheat. Settled in 1803, 

 it was incorporated in 1846, and 

 became a city in 1865. Pop. 5,300. 

 Mount Vernon. City of New 

 York, U.S.A., in Westchester co. 

 A residential and N. suburb of New 

 York City, it stands on Bronx 

 river, and is served by the New 

 York, New Haven, and Hartford 

 and other rlys. Machinery and 

 clothing are manufactured. Dating 

 from 1852, Mount Vernon was in- 

 corporated in 1853, and became a 

 city in 1892. Pop. 42,700. 



Mount Vernon. City of Ohio, 

 U.S.A., the co. seat of Knox co. 

 On the Kokosing river, 24 m. 

 N.N.W. of Newark, it is served by 

 ian. Born Dec. the Baltimore and Ohio and the 

 13, 1811, a Pennsylvania rlys. It has engineer- 

 younger son ing works, flour and sawmills, and 

 of the 5th earl furniture and glass factories. 

 Cowper, he Natural gas and lumber are 

 was educated obtained locally. Organized in 

 at Eton, and 1805, Mount Vernon was incor- 

 af ter a few porated in 1845, and became a city 

 years in the in 1853. Pop. 9,200. 

 army entered Mount Vernon. Village of Vir- 

 the House of ginia, U S.A., in Fairfax co. Stand- 



ing on the Potomac river, 15 m. S. 

 of Washington, it was the home of 

 George Washington. The mansion 

 in which he resided is a wooden 

 two-storey building occupying an 



of the council, 1857-59, and first elevated position overlooking the 



commissioner of works, 186066. 

 His mother married Lord Palmers- 

 ton as her second husband, and he 

 inherited Palmerston's Hampshire 

 seat, Broadlands, 

 and took the ad- 

 ditional name of 

 Temple. He was 

 M.P. for S.Hamp- 

 shire , 1868-80, 

 when he was made 

 a peer. Mount- 

 Temple is chiefly 

 r e m e m bered as 

 the author of the 

 Cowper - Temple 

 Clause (q.v.). On 

 his death, Oct. 16, 

 1888, his title be- 

 came extinct. His 

 estates passed to 

 the Hon. Evelyn 

 Ashley. 



nver. A little distance away, on 

 the edge of a wooded ravine, is the 

 tomb "containing the remains of 

 Washington. 



Mount Vernon, Virginia. House in which George 

 Washington lived, now a national monument 



