| Robert Montgomery | |
| Birth Date: | 7 September 1848 |
| Death Date: | 1931 (aged 82–83) |
| Branch: | British Army |
| Serviceyears: | 1868–1915 |
| Rank: | Major-General |
| Unit: | Royal Artillery |
| Commands: | Southern District South Coast Defences Transvaal District |
| Battles: | First World War |
| Awards: | Companion of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Royal Victorian Order |
Major-General Robert Arthur Montgomery, (7 September 1848 – 1931) was a British Army officer who commanded Southern District.
After graduating from the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, Montgomery was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in July 1868.[1]
He was Deputy Director-General of the Ordnance from 1897,[2] and was appointed Commander Royal Artillery for Southern District, based in Portsmouth, in November 1902,[3] with the rank of major-general. A year later, he became General Officer Commanding Southern District, also based in Portsmouth.[4] He went on to be General Officer Commanding South Coast Defences in April 1904 and then General Officer Commanding Transvaal District in May 1906 before returning to England in April 1908.[4]
He served briefly in the First World War initially as a General Officer Commanding the 22nd Division of Lord Kitchener's Army at Seaford[1] and then as Director of Recruiting in the autumn of 1915.[4]
He came from Greyabbey, Ireland[5] but lived at Pentrepant, in the parish of Selattyn, near Oswestry in Shropshire.[1] He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the June 1902 Coronation Honours list.