The author behind the Margaret Montrose pseudonym earned his Higher National Diploma (HND) in Mech.Eng. in 1961, then spent ten years in industrial R&D, during which he restored, raced, and rallied the vintage 1920s cars that were his only transport. In 1971 he started his own company, driving his own production machine tools, which he built up to begin manufacturing his own award-winning patented products. Over the next forty years he restored and sailed an iconic 1905 yacht, restored and lived in two Tudor houses, and drove numerous pro bono associations, clubs, and campaigns, writing all they stood for. He stood for Parliament on an Out of EU ticket, for which he wrote all the material, achieving five times the UKIP vote. He started writing seriously in 2001 while building a thousand-book library as a voracious reader across The Classics. He’s a folk-dance musician, Bell-Ringer, an absolutely original creator in everything, and a person for whom The Cage is anathema and The High Hills are the only place to be.
