Charles Montgomery (Royal Navy officer)

Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Percival Ross Montgomery, KBE, ADC (born 1955) is a Royal Navy officer who, until 10 October 2012, served as Second Sea Lord.

Naval career
Educated at Uppingham School and the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, Montgomery joined the Royal Navy in 1973. After spending his first three years of service at Sheffield University he went to sea and rose through the officer ranks to become Commander of HMS Beaver (F93). Later he became Training Director of the Naval Recruiting and Training Agency and then Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Defence. He went on to become Director of Naval Personnel Strategy in 2005, Naval Secretary in 2008 and Second Sea Lord in 2010.

Montgomery was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2006 Birthday Honours and Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in the 2012 Birthday Honours.

On 25 January 2013 the Home Office announced that Montgomery had been appointed Director General of the Border Force.

Awards
Montgomery became an honorary Doctor of Engineering from the University of Sheffield (12 January 2012).