Major-General Robert Arthur Montgomery, CB, CVO (7 September 1848 – 1931) was a British Army officer who commanded Southern District.

[1][2] He was Deputy Director-General of the Ordnance from 1897,[3] and was appointed Commander Royal Artillery for Southern District, based in Portsmouth, in November 1902,[4] with the rank of major-general.

[5] A year later, he became General Officer Commanding Southern District, also based in Portsmouth.

[8] 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.

[1] He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the June 1902 Coronation Honours list.