Viscount Montagu
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Viscount Montagu was a title in the Peerage of England
. It was created on 2 September 1554 for Anthony Browne
. It became extinct in 1797.
The title Viscount Montagu was chosen from line of descent from John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu
. His daughter Lucy Neville was the mother of Anthony Browne. He was made a Viscount to correlate to the wealth of the Browne family.
Peerage of England
The Peerage of England comprises all peerages created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union in 1707. In that year, the Peerages of England and Scotland were replaced by one Peerage of Great Britain....
. It was created on 2 September 1554 for Anthony Browne
Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montagu
Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montagu KG PC was an English peer during the Tudor period.He was the eldest son of Sir Anthony Browne...
. It became extinct in 1797.
The title Viscount Montagu was chosen from line of descent from John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu
John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu
John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu KG was a Yorkist leader in the Wars of the Roses, best-known for eliminating Lancastrian resistance in the north of England during the early part of the reign of Edward IV of England....
. His daughter Lucy Neville was the mother of Anthony Browne. He was made a Viscount to correlate to the wealth of the Browne family.
Viscounts Montagu (1554)
- Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount MontaguAnthony Browne, 1st Viscount MontaguAnthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montagu KG PC was an English peer during the Tudor period.He was the eldest son of Sir Anthony Browne...
(1528–1592) - Anthony-Maria Browne, 2nd Viscount MontaguAnthony-Maria Browne, 2nd Viscount MontaguAnthony-Maria Browne was an English peer during the Tudor and Stuart period.He was born in 1574, and become the Second Viscount Montagu on the death of his grandfather in 1592. He married Jane Sackville, the daughter of Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset, in 1591...
(1574–1629) - Francis Browne, 3rd Viscount Montagu (1610–1682)
- Francis Browne, 4th Viscount Montagu (1638–1708)
- Henry Browne, 5th Viscount Montagu (c. 1640–1717)
- Anthony Browne, 6th Viscount Montagu (1686–1767)
- Anthony Browne, 7th Viscount Montagu (1728–1787)
- George Browne, 8th Viscount MontaguGeorge Browne, 8th Viscount MontaguGeorge Samuel Browne, 8th Viscount Montagu was an English nobleman.While traveling in Europe with his friend Charles Sedley Burdett , the two became obstinately determined to ride a fishing boat over the Rhine Falls, despite the warnings of the local inhabitants, none of whom could be hired or...
(1769–1793) - Mark Browne, 9th Viscount Montagu (1745–1797)