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Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montagu, KB, PC (29 November 1528 – 19 October 1592) was an English peer during the Tudor period. He was a staunch Roman Catholic, but unswervingly loyal to the Crown. Montagu was employed on diplomatic missions to the Pope in Rome and to Spain, and was 'highly esteemed for his prudence and wisdom' by ...
References. Viscount Montagu. A 1569 portrait of Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montagu by Hans Eworth. 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.
Browne was born at Cowdray House, Midhurst, Sussex, in 1552, the eldest son and heir of Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montagu (1528–1592), by his first marriage to Lady Jane Radcliffe, a daughter of Robert Radcliffe, 1st Earl of Sussex. He had a twin sister, Mary (1552–1607; later Countess of Southampton ), but their mother, Lady ...
The sitter wears the great collar of the Order of the Garter which helped to identify him as Viscount Montague, as all other eligible Knights of the Garter were eliminated on the basis of age or likeness. Anthony Browne, who was created Viscount Montague in 1554, would have been 40 in 1569.
30 de jan. de 2024 · Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montagu. (1528-1592), Courtier and diplomat. Sitter in 5 portraits. A staunch Roman catholic, Montague was however unswervingly loyal to the Crown. He was employed on diplomatic missions to the Pope and to Spain, and was 'highly esteemed for his prudence and wisdom' by Queen Elizabeth.
Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montagu (1528-1592), Courtier and diplomat. Sitter in 5 portraits.
No comment yet. On this day in Tudor history, 29th November 1528, in the reign of King Henry VIII, Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montagu, was born. Montagu began his court career with the help of his father in Henry VIII's reign. He was made a Knight of the Bath when Edward VI became king, served as a privy councillor in Queen Mary I's reign and ...
