David Montgomery, 2nd Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
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David Bernard Montgomery, 2nd Viscount Montgomery of Alamein CMG, CBE (born 18 August 1928) is a British politician, businessman, and promoter of good relations with South America.
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[edit] Early life and education
Montgomery is the son of the famous World War II field marshal, Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein.[1] He was educated at Winchester and gained an engineering degree at Trinity College, Cambridge.[1]
[edit] Career
Montgomery entered business, working for Yardley and several other companies, building close links with Latin America. He has served as a patron and chairman of various Anglo-Latin American organisations, including the Anglo-Argentine Society, Canning House and the Hispanic and Luso Brazilian Council. He succeeded in the viscountcy following his father's death in 1976[1] and originally sat as a Conservative in the House of Lords until 1999, when he and most other hereditary peers were removed from the House under the House of Lords Act 1999. He was returned to the Lords as a crossbencher in an election of hereditary cross-bench peers in 2005, following the death of Baroness Strange.
He was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1975 and a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in 2000. He has also received decorations from Germany, Belgium, Spain, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Venezuela and Colombia. He co-wrote The Lonely Leader: Monty 1944-45 with Alistair Horne about his father in 1994 which documented his own early life as well as his father's.
[edit] Personal life
In 1953, Montgomery married Mary Connell, divorcing in 1967 after having a son and a daughter. He then married Tessa Browning, daughter of Daphne du Maurier and Lieutenant-General Sir Frederick Browning, a close colleague of his father.[1]
Upon his death, his title will pass to his son, the Honourable Henry David Montgomery.
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[edit] External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
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| Preceded by Bernard Law Montgomery |
Viscount Montgomery of Alamein 1976–present |
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