Viscount Montgomery of Alamein

The viscountcy was created in 1946 for the military commander Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery,[1] commemorating his crucial victory in the Second Battle of El Alamein (23 October–3 November 1942) in the Egyptian town of that name, which sealed the fate of Rommel's famed Afrika Korps.

As of 2020, the title is held by his grandson, Henry Montgomery, 3rd Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, who succeeded in that year. There is currently no heir to the title. If the 3rd Viscount dies without male issue the title will become extinct.

• Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein (1887–1976)
• David Bernard Montgomery, 2nd Viscount Montgomery of Alamein (1928–2020)
• Henry David Montgomery, 3rd Viscount Montgomery of Alamein (b. 1954)

There is no heir.

• Sir Robert Montgomery, GCSI, KCB (1809–1887) ∞ Frances Thomason († 1842), sister of James Thomason, and had several children, including:
  • Henry Montgomery, KCMG (1847–1932), Bishop of Tasmania ∞ Maud Farrar, daughter of Frederic William Farrar, and had nine children, including:
    • Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, KG, GCB, DSO, PC (1887–1976), Field Marshal[2] ∞ 1927 Elizabeth Carver (née Hobart), sister of Major General Sir Percy Hobart, KBE, CB, DSO, MC (1885–1957) and widow of Oswald Carver,[3] and had a son:
      • David Montgomery, 2nd Viscount Montgomery of Alamein (1928–2020)

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  Field Marshal Montgomery, the 1st Viscount
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  The 2nd Viscount (right), receiving the Canning Medal from William Hague in 2013

[4]

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages (Broken link)

• Image of the 1st Viscount's stall plate as Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath in Westminster Abbey