Sir Matthew Walker Montgomery DL (18 April 1859[1]– 8 August 1933) was a Scottish businessman who served as Lord Provost of Glasgow from 1923 to 1926.
Restored grave of Sir M W Montgomery, Glasgow Necropolis
He was born in Hutchesontown, Glasgow, the son of Daniel Montgomery and Mary Sommerville Walker.[1] The family lived at 41 Adelphi Street in Glasgow, on the south bank of the River Clyde. The family business, making cork, was originally based at 1 Muirhead Street in the Gorbals district.[2]
He worked in his father's firm of D. Montgomery & Son, cork manufacturers and merchants, based at 10 East Clyde Street at the turn of the century, on the north side of the River Clyde opposite the family home.[3]
From 1911 to 1913, he was Grand Master of the Glasgow Star Masonic Lodge (no.219).[4] He then lived at 34 Dalziel Drive in the Pollokshields district.[5]
