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Early Origins of the Mountcastle family

The surname Mountcastle was first found in Peeblesshire (Gaelic: Siorrachd nam Pùballan), former county in South-central Scotland, in the present day Scottish Borders Council Area, where they held a family seat from early times and their first records appeared on the early census rolls taken by the early Kings of Scotland to determine the rate of taxation of their subjects.

Early History of the Mountcastle family

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Mountcastle Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Mount, Mont and others.

Early Notables of the Mountcastle family

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United States Mountcastle migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Mountcastle Settlers in United States in the 20th Century
  • Malcolm Mountcastle, aged 24, who immigrated to the United States from Liverpool, in 1904
  • Mountcastle, who landed in America from Gainsboro, England, in 1907
  • George Mountcastle, aged 17, who settled in America from Gainsboro, England, in 1907
  • Leila Mary Mountcastle, aged 56, who landed in America from Sydney, Australia, in 1920

Contemporary Notables of the name Mountcastle (post 1700) +

  • Vernon Benjamin Mountcastle (b. 1918), former American neuroscientist from Johns Hopkins University
  • Robert Edward Lee Mountcastle (1865-1913), American member of the Republican National Committee
  • R. M. Mountcastle, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma, 1928 [1]
  • Mrs. R. E. L. Mountcastle, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1924 (alternate), 1936 (alternate), 1940 [1]
  • R. E. L. Mountcastle, American Democratic Party politician, Member of Democratic National Committee from Tennessee, 1912 [1]


  1. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 20) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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