All the research shows that being married, with all its ups and downs, is by far the most effective way of making young men law-abiding and giving them a sense of purpose and self-worth.

He then became a regular contributor to Standpoint magazine. His son Harry Mount is also a journalist and his cousin Mary Cameron is the mother of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom David Cameron leader of the Conservative Party. ISBN 978-1-84737-798-2.

His son Harry Mount is also a journalist and his cousin Mary Cameron is the mother of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom David Cameron leader of the Conservative Party. He inherited the Mount baronetcy from his uncle William in 1993. He lives in Islington.