Creation: let.pat. 2 Sep 1554

Extinct: 27 Nov 1797

Family name: Browne

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Arms:

Sable three Lions passant in bend between two Double Cottises Argent

Crest:

An Eagle displayed Vert

Supporters:

On either side a Wolf Argent each collared and chained Or

Motto:

 Suivez Raison

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Anthony [Browne], 1st Viscount Montagu, KG PC

son and heir of Sir Anthony Browne KG, of Battle Abbey and Cowdray Park, co. Sussex (by his first wife Alice Gage, dau. of Sir John Gage KG), 1st son and heir of Sir Anthony Browne, Standard Bearer of England, by his wife Lady Lucy Neville, 4th dau. of John [Neville], 1st Marquess of Montagu

born

c. 1528

mar. (1)

Lady Jane Radcliffe (d. 22 Jul 1552), 2nd dau. of Robert [Radcliffe], 1st Earl of Sussex, by his second wife Lady Margaret Stanley, only dau. of Thomas [Stanley], 2nd Earl of Derby

children by first wife

1. Hon Anthony Browne (dvp. 29 Jun 1592), mar. Mary Dormer (mar. (2) Sir Edmund Uvedale, of Hole Park, co. Dorset, and (2) Sir Thomas Gerard, 1st Bt., of Bryn, co. Lancaster; d. between 20 Jul 1637 and 23 Nov 1637; bur. at Midhurst, co. Sussex), 1st dau. of Sir William Dormer, of Wing, co. Buckingham, by his second wife Dorothy Catesby, dau. of Anthony Catesby, of Whiston, co. Northampton, and had issue:

1a. Anthony Maria Browne, later 2nd Viscount Montagu

2a. John Browne, mar. Anne Giffard, and had issue:

1b. Stanislaus Browne, of Eastbourne, co. Sussex, mar., and had issue:

1c. Stanislaus Browne, of Eastbourne, co. Sussex, mar. Honora Malbrank, and had issue:

1d. Francis Browne, a merchant in Cadiz (d. unm.)

2d. Nicholas Browne (d. unm.)

3d. Stanislaus Browne (d. unm.)

4d. Mark Browne, of Eastbourne, co. Sussex, and of Methley in Fillongley, co. Warwick (d. 7 Feb 1755), mar. (1) Mary Simpson (dsp.), of Monksherbourne, co. Hampshire, and (2) 7 Feb 1744 Anastasia Moore (bur. 26 Dec 1780), 4th dau. of Sir Richard Moore, 3rd Bt., of Fawley, co. Berkshire, and had issue by his second wife:

1e. Mark Anthony Browne, later 9th Viscount Montagu

2e. Stanislaus Browne (b. 28 Oct 1752; d. 26 Feb 1763)

1e. Anastasia Browne (b. 10 May 1749; dsp.), mar. 17 Apr 1780 as his second wife Sir Thomas Mannock, 8th Bt., of Gifford's Hall, co. Suffolk

2e. Mary Browne (b. 3 Jul 1747), mar. 19 May 1772 Oliver John du Moulin

1d. Anna Browne (d. 28 Apr 1750), mar. Henry Matthew, of Heathhouse, Bureton, co. Hampshire

2d. Mary Browne (d. 28 Apr 1757), mar. Roger Langley, of Higham Gobious, co. Bedford

3d. Elizabeth Browne, mar. ..... Astley, of Escott Hall, co. Warwick

4d. Mary Browne, mar. Robert Alwyn, of Treford, co. Sussex

3a. George Browne

1a. Dorothy Browne, mar. Edward Lee, of Stanton Barry, co. Buckingham

2a. Jane Browne, mar. Sir Francis Englefield, 1st Bt., of Wotton Basset, co. Wiltshire, and had issue

3a. Catherine Browne, mar. ..... Treganion

1. Hon Mary Browne (d. Nov 1607), mar. (1) 19 Feb 1565/6 Henry [Wriothesley], 2nd Earl of Southampton, (2) 2 May 1594 as his second wife Sir Thomas Heneage, Vice-Chamberlain of the Household and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (d. 17 Oct 1595), and (3) Dec 1598 William [Hervey], 1st Baron Hervey, and had issue by her first husband

mar. (2)

bef. 10 Dec 1558 Hon Magdalen Dacre (b. 1538; d. 8 Apr 1608), 1st dau. of William [Dacre], 3rd Baron Dacre of Gilsland, by his wife Lady Elizabeth Talbot, 5th dau. of George [Talbot], 4th Earl of Shrewsbury

children by second wife

2. Hon Sir George Browne, of Wicham Brown, co. Kent, mar. Mary Tyrwhitt, dau. of Sir Robert Tyrwhitt, of Kettleby, co. Lincoln, and had issue

3. Hon Sir Henry Browne, of Kiddington, co. Oxford, mar. Anne Catesby, dau. of Sir William Catesby, and had issue

4. Hon Sir Anthony Browne, of Effingham, co. Kent (dsp.), mar. Anne Bell

5. Hon Thomas Browne (d. unm.)

6. Hon Philip Browne (dvp.)

7. Hon William Browne (dvp.)

2. Hon Elizabeth Browne (d, aft. 29 Sep 1623), mar. c. 1590 Robert[ Dormer], 1st Baron Dormer, and had issue

3. Hon Mabel Browne, mar. (?) Sir Henry Capel

4. Hon Jane Browne, mar. Sir Francis Lacon, of Willey, co. Shropshire

died

19 Oct 1592

created

2 Sep 1554 Viscount Montagu

suc. by

grandson

note

Knight of the Bath at the Coronation of Edward VI 1546/7; Member of Parliament for Gulldford 1547-52, for Petersfield 1553 and for Surrey 1554; Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex 1552; Master of the Horse to King Philip 1554; Steward of Hampton Court and Keeper of Hampton Chase; Knight of the Garter 1555; Ambassador to the Pope and to Venice 1555; Privy Councillor 1557; Lieutenant-General of the English Army in Picardy 1557; Keeper of Hendeley Park 1558-60; Lord Lieutenant of Sussex 1558; an executor of the will of Mary I; Joint Lord Lieutenant of Sussex 1569-70; Justice of the Peace for Surrey and Sussex 1578

Anthony Maria [Browne], 2nd Viscount Montagu

born

1 Feb 1573/4

mar.

3 Feb 1591 Lady Jane Sackville (d. bef. 8 Jan 1651/2), 2nd dau. of Thomas [Sackville], 1st Earl of Dorset, by his wife Cicely Baker, dau. of Sir John Baker, of Sissinghurst, co. Kent, Speaker of the House of Commons

children

1. Hon Francis Browne, later 3rd Viscount Montagu

1. Hon Mary Browne (d. 13 Nov 1692), mar. (1) bef. 17 Feb 1613/4 Lord William Paulet, styled Earl of Wiltshire (b. c.1587/8;  dvp. & s.p. Aug 1621), 1st son and heir ap. of William [Paulet], 4th Marquess of Winchester, and (2) 22 Oct 1627 her second cousin Hon William Arundell, of Horningsham, co. Wiltshire, 2nd son of Thomas [Arundell], 1st Baron Arundell of Wardour, and had issue by her second husband

2. Hon Catherine Browne, mar. William Tyrwhitt, of Kettleby, co. Lincoln

3. Hon Anne Browne, a nun

4. Hon Lucy Browne, a nun

5. Hon Mary Browne (d. 13 Jan 1684/5), mar. 1620 Robert [Petre], 3rd Baron Petre, and had issue

died

23 Oct 1629

suc. by

son

Francis [Browne], 3rd Viscount Montagu

born

2 Jul 1610

mar.

6 Jul 1637 Lady Elizabeth Somerset (b. c. 1617; d. 1684), only dau. of Henry [Somerset], 1st Marquess of Worcester, by his wife Hon Anne Russell, only surv. child of John [Russell], 3rd Baron Russell (by his wife Elizabeth Hoby, widow of Sir Thomas Hoby, of Bisham, co. Berkshire, and dau. of Sir Anthony Cooke, of Gidea Hall in Romford, co. Essex), 2nd son of Francis [Russell], 2nd Earl of Bedford, by his first wife Margaret Gostwick, widow of Sir John Gostwick and dau. of Sir John St John, of Bletso, co. Bedford

children

1. Hon Francis Browne, later 4th Viscount Montagu

2. Hon Henry Browne, later 5th Viscount Montagu

1. Hon Elizabeth Browne (d. aft. 1686), mar. 1674 Christopher [Roper], 5th Baron Teynham, and had issue

died

24 Oct 1682

suc. by

son

Francis [Browne], 4th Viscount Montagu

born

mar.

bef. 1690 his cousin once removed Lady Mary Molyneux (widow of Hon Richard Molyneux, 1st son and heir ap. of Caryll [Molyneux], 3rd Viscount Molyneux; mar. (3) bef. 22 Aug 1716 Sir George Maxwell of Orchardtoun, 3rd Bt.; d. 30 Oct 1744), 1st dau. of William [Herbert], 1st Marquess of Powis, by his wife Lady Elizabeth Somerset, 2nd dau. by his first wife of Edward [Somerset], 2nd Marquess of Worcester

died

s.p. Apr 1708

suc. by

brother

note

Lord Lieutenant of Sussex 1688

Henry [Browne], 5th Viscount Montagu

born

bef. 1641

mar.

bef. 1685 Barbara Walsingham, sister of James Walsingham, and dau. of Thomas Walsingham, of Little Chesterford, co. Essex, by his wife Lady Anne Howard, 4th dau. of Theophilus [Howard], 2nd Earl of Suffolk

children

1. Hon Anthony Browne, later 6th Viscount Montagu

1. Hon Mary Browne

2. Hon Elizabeth Browne, a nun

3. Hon Barbara Browne, mar. Ralph Sheldon, and had issue

4. Hon Catherine Browne, mar. George Collingwood, of Estlington, co. Northumberland

5. Hon Anne Browne, mar. Anthony Kemp. of Slindon, co. Sussex, and had issue

6. Hon Henrietta Browne, mar. Richard Harcourt, and had issue

died

25 Jun 1717

suc. by

son

note

a Commissioner of Customs 1687/8; Secretary of State to the exiled King James II

Anthony [Browne], 6th Viscount Montagu

born

1686

mar.

28 Jul 1720 Barbara Webb, 3rd dau. of Sir John Webb, 3rd Bt., of Odstock, co. Wiltshire, and Hatherop, co. Gloucester, by his first wife Hon Barbara Belasyse, 2nd dau. and cohrss. of John [Belasyse], 1st Baron Belasyse, by his second wife Lady Anne Paulet, only child by his second wife of John [Paulet], 5th Marquess of Winchester

children

1. Hon Anthony Joseph Browne, later 7th Viscount Montagu

1. Hon Mary Browne (d. 17 Sep 1767), mar. 30 Mar 1761 Sir Richard Bedingfeld, 4th Bt., of Oxburgh Hall, co. Norfolk, and had issue

died

23 Apr 1767

suc. by

son

note

sold Battle Abbey 1719; Grand Master of English Freemasons 1732-33

Anthony Joseph [Browne], 7th Viscount Montagu

born

11 Apr 1728

mar.

22 Jul 1765 Frances Falconer (b. 28 Aug 1731; widow of Alexander [Falconer], 5th Lord Falconer of Halkertoun; d. 3 Mar 1814), dau. of Herbert Mackworth, of the Gnoll, co. Glamorgan, by his wife (?) Lady Jane Noel, dau. of Edward [Noel], 1st Earl of Gainsborough

children

1. Hon George Samuel Browne, later 8th Viscount Montagu

1. Hon Elizabeth Mary Browne (b. 5 Feb 1767), mar. 1794 William Stephen Poyntz MP, of Midgham, co. Berkshire, and had issue

died

9 Apr 1787

suc. by

son

George Samuel [Browne], 8th Viscount Montagu

born

26 Jun 1769

died

Oct 1793

suc. by

4th cousin once removed

Mark Anthony [Browne], 9th Viscount Montagu

born

2 Mar 1744/5

mar.

11 Feb 1797 Frances Manby (mar. (2) 21 May 1800 Dr Henry Slaughter; d. 7 Jan 1823), 2nd dau. of Thomas Manby, of Downsell Hall, co. Essex, by his wife Anne Colegrave, dau. of William Colegrave, of Cann Hall, co. Essex

died

s.p. 27 Nov 1797

note

a Friar at Fontainbleu in France but was given permission to marry on succeeding to the Viscountcy

On the death of the 9th Viscount Montagu it is assumed that the Viscountcy of Montagu became extinct

 First written 16 Feb 2003

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