Montagu William Warcop Peter Consett was born on 15 April 1871. He was the son of William Warcop Peter Consett and Harriet Georgiana Edith Kerr. He married Ethel Maude Wilson on 20 July 1908, and they had three children:
He died in 1945
He served in the Royal Navy from 1884 to 1921, including service as attaché́ in Norway and Sweden (1912-1919) and Denmark (1912-1917). He was also Naval Advisor to the Supreme Allied Council in Paris and the Council of Ambassadors and British naval representative on the Inter-Allied Committee of Versailles, 1920.
He wrote "The triumph of unarmed forces (1914-1918): an account of the transactions by which Germany during the great war was able to obtain supplies prior to her collapse under the pressure of economic forces".
He became a Rear Admiral, presumably by being promoted the day before he retired from the Royal Navy - a common practice at the time. Hence, he was a Captain during his time as a Squadron Member.