David Bernard Montgomery, 2nd Viscount Montgomery Of Alamein

Montgomery was educated at Winchester College and gained an Engineering degree at Trinity College, Cambridge . He entered business, working for Shell International 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.

Montgomery inherited the title of Viscount Montgomery Of Alamein following his father's death 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 British Empire (CBE) in 1975 and a Companion of the Order Of St Michael And St George in 2000. He has also received decorations from Germany , Belgium , Spain , Chile , Argentina , Brazil , Mexico , Venezuela and Colombia .
He has co-authored ''The Lonely Leader: Monty 1944-45'' about his father in 1994.

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 Field Marshal Montgomery.

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