Anthony-Maria Browne (1574 – 23 October 1629) was an English peer during the Tudor and Stuart period. He was born in 1574, the son of Anthony Browne (22 July 1552 – 29 June 1592), eldest son of Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montagu, and Mary Dormer. He became the Second

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 chos ...

at the age of 18 on the death of his

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in 1592, from whom he inherited an estate worth between £3600 and £5400 per annum. Cowdray Ruins

In 1591 Browne married Jane Sackville, daughter of

Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset (153619 April 1608) was an English statesman, poet, and dramatist. He was the son of Richard Sackville, a cousin to Anne Boleyn. He was a Member of Parliament and Lord High Treasurer. Biography Early life ...

, and by her had issue: *Francis Browne (died young). *Anthony Browne (died young). *

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 ...

e, who married Elizabeth Somerset, the daughter of

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Mary Browne Mary Kendall Browne (June 3, 1891 – August 19, 1971) was an American professional tennis player and an amateur golfer. She was born in Ventura County, California. Biography According to A. Wallis Myers of The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mai ...

, who married firstly, William Paulet (d.1621), Lord St. John, eldest son of William Paulet, 4th Marquess of Winchester, and secondly, William Arundell, esquire, of

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, second son of Thomas Arundell, 1st Baron Arundell of Wardour, and Mary Wriothesley, the daughter of

Henry Wriothesley, 2nd Earl of Southampton Henry Wriothesley, 2nd Earl of Southampton (pronunciation uncertain: ''RYE-zlee'' (archaic), ''ROTT-slee'' (present-day) and ''RYE-əths-lee'' have been suggested) (24 April 1545 – 4 October 1581), was an English peer. Family Henry Wrioth ...

, by

, daughter of Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montague. *Catherine Browne, who married William Tyrwhit. *Mary Browne (d. January 1685), who married Robert Petre, 3rd Baron Petre (d. October 1638). *Frances Browne, who married John Blomer. *Anne Browne, who became a nun. *Lucy Browne, who became a nun. Anthony-Maria Browne was arrested in connection with the

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and spent about a year in the

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. In 1595, he wrote a book on how to manage a nobleman's household entitled "A Booke of Orders and Rules".. He died on 23 October 1629 and is buried in

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Church.

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External links

Anthony Viscount Montague's "A Book of Orders and Rules", by Sir Sibbald David Scott, in Sussex Archaeological Collections, vol. vii, London (1854) at Google Books

Portrait of Anthony Maria Browne and his brothers John and William
by

Isaac Oliver Isaac Oliver (c. 1565 – bur. 2 October 1617) or Olivier was an English portrait miniature painter.Baskett, John. ''Paul Mellon's legacy: a passion for British art'' (Yale University Press, 2007) pp. 240-1. Life and work Born in Rouen, ...

(1598), in the Burghley House Collection in Stamford, UK 1574 births 1629 deaths Burials in Sussex 16th-century English nobility Anthony-Maria 2 {{England-viscount-stub