Editing Bernard Montgomery (section)

===Personal===
Montgomery was created 1st [[Viscount Montgomery of Alamein]] in [[1946 New Year Honours|1946]].<ref name="viscount">{{London Gazette
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Montgomery's mother, Maude Montgomery, died in 1949. Montgomery did not attend the funeral, claiming he was "too busy".<ref name=odnb/>

Montgomery was an Honorary Member of the [[Winkle Club]], a charity in [[Hastings]], East Sussex, and introduced Winston Churchill to the club in 1955.<ref>[http://www.wpafilmlibrary.com/detail/sir_winston_gets_the_winkle_fishermen_of_hastings_old_town_make_sir_winston_churchill_a_member_of_winkle_club/2215a667-8af7-7d60-c557-8fe40541633d.html "Sir Winston Churchill Gets The Winkle In Ceremony at Hastings"] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130209190354/http://www.wpafilmlibrary.com/detail/sir_winston_gets_the_winkle_fishermen_of_hastings_old_town_make_sir_winston_churchill_a_member_of_winkle_club/2215a667-8af7-7d60-c557-8fe40541633d.html |date=9 February 2013 }} Pathe News. Retrieved 10 April 2014.</ref>

He was chairman of the governing body of [[St. John's School, Leatherhead|St. John's School]] in [[Leatherhead]], Surrey, from 1951 to 1966, and a generous supporter.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stjohnsleatherhead.co.uk/history|title=History|publisher=St. John's School, Leatherhead|access-date=14 May 2020|archive-date=28 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128231325/https://www.stjohnsleatherhead.co.uk/history|url-status=dead}}</ref>

He was also President of [[Portsmouth F.C.|Portsmouth Football Club]] between 1944 and 1961.<ref>{{cite web |author=Hello |url=http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/pompey-mentioned-in-monty-s-despatches-1-1261833 |title=Pompey mentioned in Monty's despatches – The News |publisher=Portsmouth.co.uk |date=15 June 2004 |access-date=6 September 2017 |archive-date=23 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180623193917/https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/pompey-mentioned-in-monty-s-despatches-1-1261833 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In the mid-1950s, the ''[[Illustrated London News]]'' published sets of photographs taken by Montgomery while flying over the [[Swiss Alps]]. In February 1957, views of Mount Toedi taken with a [[Rolleiflex]] camera were reproduced.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Field Marshall reconnoitres Switzerland's No-Man's-Land once again: some striking aerial views of Mount Toedi taken by Lord Montgomery. |work=Illustrated London News |date=23 February 1957 |pages=298–9}}</ref>