The eldest son of Robert Montgomery, of Manchester; educated at Manchester Grammar School, whence he matriculated from Merton College, Oxford, on Oct 16th, 1884, and obtained a Postmastership. He graduated with 3rd Class Honours in the School of Natural Science (Chemistry) in 1887. He then proceeded to Owens College, Manchester, where he was a Demonstrator of Anatomy. In 1891 he became Bradley Surgical Scholar, later House Surgeon and Resident Surgeon at the Manchester Royal Infirmary, and also held similar posts at Ancoats and the Cancer Hospitals. Subsequently he was appointed Assistant Surgeon at the Royal Infirmary and Lecturer on Orthopaedic Surgery; he was also Surgeon to the Children's Hospital. He practised at 15 St John's Street, Manchester, and died in 1911 or 1912.