Monty Lord was born in 2005 in Bolton, Greater Manchester to Fabian Lord, a television producer. He was educated at Bolton School and became head boy at St. Joseph’s RC High School He was a student at Runshaw College in Leyland, Lancashire. He now attends Cambridge University pursuing a degree in law after completing his college education.

Lord is interested in the martial art taekwondo, participating in national championships in Stratford-upon-Avon. He has played football for Bolton County Lightning.

Career

In 2012, at the age of seven, Lord self-published his first children’s fiction novel, Freaky School. The novel later became a bestseller and was well- received by authors such as Jeff Kinney.Lord cited Kinney, author of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, as his inspiration to write his book from the first-person perspective. Kinney and Lord met to discuss writing.

In May 2020, Monty Lord founded a charity called Young Active Minds, to alleviate social disparity in education by improving memory and learning processes.

In November 2020, Lord was presented with the British Citizen Youth Award for services to charity, by Greater Manchester Deputy Lieutenant Saeed Atcha. He later became an ambassador for the British Citizen Awards, being presented with his award at the Palace of Westminster in October 2021.

In March 2021, he received a Points of Light award from UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson in appreciation of his outstanding community engagement and charity efforts.

In May 2021, Lord was presented with The Diana Award in recognition of his contributions to society. He is also an anti-bullying ambassador with The Diana Award.

In August 2021, Lord was named by The Independent in their annual Happy List as in the top 50 inspirational people driving positive change in Britain.

Lord is also a former Royal Marine cadet. In January 2022, he sued the Preston Sea Cadets for breach of contract on behalf of himself and five other claimants after several complaints of bullying, harassment, and homophobic behavior at the sea cadets were made by cadets, staff, parents, and a trustee. He wrote a 312 pages report to Preston County Court claiming

Preston Sea Cadets unit was “not fit for purpose” and sought damages under The Consumer Rights Act (2015). Later, he and other claimants received their requested payments for damages and court costs in an out-of-court settlement.[