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Francis Browne, 4th Viscount Montagu (1638 – June 1708) from 1656 to 1682, was an English peer. He was the eldest son of

Francis Browne, 3rd Viscount Montagu Francis Browne, 3rd Viscount Montagu (2 July 1610 – 2 November 1682) was the eldest son of Anthony-Maria Browne, 2nd Viscount Montagu and Jane Sackville, the daughter of Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset. He succeeded his father on 23 October ...

and his wife Lady Elizabeth Somerset, daughter of

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. Browne succeeded his father as

Viscount Montagu Viscount Montagu was a title in the Peerage of England. It was created on 2 September 1554 for Anthony Browne of the Noble House of Montagu. It became extinct on the death of the ninth Viscount in 1797. The title Viscount Montagu was chose ...

in 1682, and served as assistant

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at the

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in 1685. In February 1688, he was appointed

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to replaced

Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset and 1st Earl of Middlesex, KG (24 January 164329 January 1706) was an English poet and courtier. Early life Sackville was born on 24 January 1643, son of Richard Sackville, 5th Earl of Dorset (1622–1677) ...

, who had refused to put the "Three Questions" to the Sussex bench (to see if they would favor repeal of the Test and Penal Acts against Catholics). However, when the

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broke out, Montagu was ousted from the lieutenancy and replaced by Dorset again. Montagu married Lady Mary Herbert, daughter of

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. They had no children, and when he died in June 1708, he was succeeded by his younger brother

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