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Adm. pens. at CAIUS, Oct. 8, 1769. [3rd s. of Jacob, of West Rudham Norfolk and Ann dau. of Jehoshaphat Postle, of Wymondham). [His grandfather, Jacob de Montaigne, was of a French refugee family.] B. [Dec. 30, 1749], at Thwaite, Norfolk. School, Scarning. ' Matric. Michs. 1770; Scholar, 1769-74; B.A. 1774; M.A. 1777; D.D. 1793. Fellow, 1774-83. Ord. deacon (Norwich) 1774; priest (Peterb.) 1780. Minister of St Andrew's, Norwich, 1783-9. Preb. of Lincoln, 1787. R. of St Benet, Gracechurch Street, London, 1789. V. of Holbeach, Lincs., 1790. R. of Buckden, Hunts., 1790-3. An intimate friend of William Pitt. First Anglican Bishop of Quebec, July 7, 1793-1825. Various members of the family accompanied him to Canada and the ‘Thirteen Mountains’ landed at Quebec, Nov. 1, 1793. Married, Oct. 18, 1783, Elizabeth Kentish, of Bardfield Hall, Essex. Author, Poetical Reveries, etc. Died June 18, 1825, at Quebec. Brother of Jehoshaphat (1777); father of George J. (1805), George R. (1807) and the next. (Venn, II. 89; Walford, County Families, sub his son, J. H. B., D.D.; Adams, Christchurch Cathedral, Montreal; F. P. White.)
| Year | Type | Name as Recorded | Location | Office/Status | Full Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1774 | Disp-Ord | Mountain, Jacob | / | View | |
| 1774 | Ordi(ordination) | Mountain, Jacob | / | deacon | View |
| 1780 | Disp-Ord | Mountain, Jacob | / | View | |
| 1780 | Ordi(ordination) | Mountain, Jacob | / | priest | View |
| 1783 | Appt(Licensing) | Mountain, Jacob | Norwich, St Andrew / | Perpetual Curate | View |
| 1787 | Appt(Appointment) | Mountain, Jacob | George Pretyman, Bishop of Lincoln / | domestic chaplain | View |
| 1788 | Appt(Collation) | Mountain, Jacob | Lincoln Cathedral / Prebend of Caister | Prebendary | View |
| 1789 | Appt(Collation) | Mountain, Jacob | Holbeach / | Vicar | View |
| 1789 | Appt(Resignation) | Mountain, Jacob | Lincoln Cathedral / Prebend of Caister | Prebendary | View |
| 1790 | Vac(Death) | Mountain, Jacob | Lincoln Cathedral / Prebend of Caister | Prebendary | View |
| 1790 | Disp-App | Mountain, Jacob | Holbeach / | Vicar | View |
| 1790 | Disp-App | Mountain, Jacob | George, bishop of Lincoln / | Chaplain | View |
| 1790 | Appt(in post) | Mountain, Jacob | George Bishop of Lincoln / | domestic chaplain | View |
| 1790 | Vac(resignation) | Mountain, Jacob | Norwich, St Andrew / | Curate | View |
| 1790 | Appt(Collation) | Mountain, Jacob | Buckden / | Vicar | View |
| 1790 | Disp(Dispensation) | Mountain, Jacob | Buckden / | Vicar | View |
| 1793 | Appt(Resignation) | Mountain, Jacob | Holbeach / | Vicar | View |
| 1793 | Appt(Resignation) | Mountain, Jacob | Buckden / | Vicar | View |
| 1793 | Appt(consecration) | Mountain, Jacob | Quebec / | Bishop | View |
| 1794 | Vac(resignation) | Mountain, Jacob | Buckden / | Vicar | View |
| 1794 | Vac(resignation) | Mountain, Jacob | Holbeach / | Vicar | View |
| 1826 | Vac(Death) | Mountain, Jacob | Quebec / | Bishop | View |