Editing Michael Fallon (section)

==Personal life==
Fallon has been married to Wendy Elisabeth Payne, a HR professional, since 27 September 1986; the couple have two sons.<ref>{{cite news |last=Settle |first=Michael |date=2 November 2017 |title=Humiliated Sir Michael Fallon quits as Defence Secretary as sex scandal sweeps Westminster |url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/15634594.Fallon_quits_as_Westminster_scandal_claims_first_cabinet_victim/ |newspaper=[[The Herald (Glasgow)|The Herald]] |location=Glasgow |access-date=9 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107010056/http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/15634594.Fallon_quits_as_Westminster_scandal_claims_first_cabinet_victim/ |archive-date=7 November 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Vote 2001 - Michael Fallon |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2001/candidates/candidates/5/50802.stm |work=BBC News |access-date=9 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150310150627/http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2001/candidates/candidates/5/50802.stm |archive-date=10 March 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> The family lives in [[Sundridge, Kent]].

He was banned from driving for 18 months in 1983 after admitting a drink-driving offence during the general election campaign.<ref>''The Guardian'', News in Brief, 5 July 1983:</ref>

Fallon was made a [[Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath]] (KCB) for political and public service as part of the [[Resignation Honours]] of the outgoing prime minister [[David Cameron]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=61678 |supp=y |date=16 August 2016 |page=RH3}}</ref>