Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montagu, KB, PC 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 missi
Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montague, by Hans Eworth
The Three Brothers Browne, by English painter Isaac Oliver, 1598. L to R: His grandsons John Browne, Anthony Maria Browne, William Browne, Burghley House Collections.
Montagu's monument in St Mary's parish church, Easebourne, Sussex
Mary Dormer/Browne or Elizabeth Dormer/Browne as widows, c. 1592 or c. 1616, oil-on-panel (35 × 29 inches)
Magdalen Dacre
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Magdalen Dacre, Viscountess Montagu was an English noblewoman. She was the daughter of William Dacre, 3rd Baron Dacre of Gilsland, and the second wife of Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montagu. Magdalen
Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montagu
…of the peace for Surrey and Sussex. At Queen Mary's marriage to King Philip at Winchester Cathedral on 25 July 1554, Browne's future (second) wife, Magdalen Dacre, walked in the bridal procession, and Browne was elevated to the peerage as Viscount Montagu. He took his seat in the House of Lords on 12 November…
Effigy of Magdalen Dacre on her alabaster tomb in Easebourne Church
Magdalen Dacre took part in the bridal procession at the wedding of Mary I (pictured) to Philip II of Spain in 1554