Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montagu
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 missions to the Pope in Rome and to Spain, and was 'highly esteemed for his prudence and wisdom' by Queen Elizabeth. In spite of his bold opposition to the Acts of Supremacy and Allegiance, which threatened the religious activities of the Roman Catholics, he never lost Queen Elizabeth's favour. He was one of the commissioners who tried Mary, Queen of Scots in 1587. In 1571 he was implicated in the Ridolfi Plot.
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)
Anthony Browne (died 1548)
Sir Anthony Browne, KG of Battle Abbey and Cowdray Park, both in Sussex, England, was a Member of Parliament and a courtier who served as Master of the Horse to King Henry VIII.
Sir Anthony Browne, wearing the Great George badge of the Order of the Garter. National Portrait Gallery, London
Lady Elizabeth FitzGerald, great-grand-daughter of Queen Elizabeth Woodville and second wife of Sir Anthony Browne
Chest tomb monument with effigies of Sir Anthony Browne and his first wife Alice Gage, in St Mary the Virgin Church, Battle
The encampment of the English forces near Portsmouth, together with a view of the English and French fleets at the commencement of the action between them on the 19th of July 1544
