Viscount Montagu was a title in the

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. There are five peerages in t ...

. 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 chosen from line of descent from

John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu (c. 1431 – 14 April 1471) was a major magnate of fifteenth-century England. He was a younger son of Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury, and the younger brother of Richard Neville, Earl of Warwic ...

. His daughter, Lucy Neville, was the grandmother of Anthony Browne. He was made a Viscount to correlate to the wealth of the Browne family.

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became the established seat of the Viscounts Montagu. Coat of arms of Browne, for the Viscounts Montagu

Viscounts Montagu (1554)

Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montagu Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montagu, KB, PC (29 November 1528 – 19 October 1592) was an English peer during the Tudor period. Biography Anthony Browne was the eldest of the six sons of Sir Anthony Browne by his first wife, Alice Gage (d. ...

(1528–1592) *

Anthony-Maria Browne, 2nd Viscount Montagu 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 ...

(1574–1629) *

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 ...

(1610–1682) *

Francis Browne, 4th Viscount Montagu 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 and his wife Lady Elizabeth Somerset, daughter of Henry Somerset, 1st Marquess of W ...

(1638–1708) *

Henry Browne, 5th Viscount Montagu Henry may refer to: People *Henry (given name) * Henry (surname) * Henry Lau, Canadian singer and musician who performs under the mononym Henry Royalty * Portuguese royalty ** King-Cardinal Henry, King of Portugal ** Henry, Count of Portugal, ...

(c. 1640–1717) *

Anthony Browne, 6th 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 ...

(1686–1767) * Anthony Browne, 7th Viscount Montagu (1728–1787) *

George Browne, 8th Viscount Montagu George Samuel Browne, 8th Viscount Montagu (26 June 1769 – October 1793) was an English nobleman. While traveling in Europe with his friend Charles Sedley Burdett (second son of Francis Burdett), the two became obstinately determined to ride a ...

(1769–1793) *

Mark Browne, 9th Viscount Montagu Mark may refer to: Currency * Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark, the currency of Bosnia and Herzegovina * East German mark, the currency of the German Democratic Republic * Estonian mark, the currency of Estonia between 1918 and 1927 * Fin ...

(1745–1797)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Montagu Extinct viscountcies in the Peerage of England Noble titles created in 1554 Montagu

Viscounts Montagu (1554)

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