Montgomery (also spelled Montgomerie ) is a toponymic surname derived from Saint-Germain-de-Montgommery and Sainte-Foy-de-Montgommery in Normandy , France.
2-424: Monty is a masculine given name, often a short form of Montgomery , Montague and other similar names. It is also a surname. Notable people with the name or nickname include: Montgomery (name) The earliest known person to be styled with the name is Roger de Montgomerie, found in a contemporary document as father of the 11th century Norman nobleman, Roger de Montgomery, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury , who owned
4-501: The village of Montgommery, today in the Calvados département . Alternatively, a Hugh de Montgomery is given as the earl's father by a Norman chronicler writing in the next generation and some have hypothesized an error whereby Hugh is actually father of the elder Roger. The original family Counts de Montgomerie were prominent in early Anglo-Norman England and gave their name to Montgomeryshire in neighbouring Wales . In some cases,
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