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. The title Viscount Montagu was chosen from line of descent from John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu. His daughter, Lucy Neville, was the grandmother of Anthony Browne. He was made a Viscount to correlate to the wealth of the Browne family. Cowdray House became the established seat of the Viscounts Montagu.
ViscountMontagu 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...
Sir Edward Montagu. He was made Baron Montagu of St Neots, of St Neots in the County of Huntingdon, and Viscount Hinchingbrooke, at the same time, also...
in 1620 raised to the Peerage of England as Viscount Mandeville, with the additional title Baron Montagu of Kimbolton, of Kimbolton in the County of Huntingdon...
but became extinct in 1749. The 1st Duke had been created Earl of Montagu and Viscount Monthermer in 1689. The Dukedom was then recreated in the Peerage...
The House of Montagu (/ˈmɒntəɡjuː/, MON-tə-ghew), also known throughout history as Montagud, Montaigu, Montague, Montacute (Latin: de Monte Acuto, lit...
Alexander Victor Edward Paulet Montagu (22 May 1906 – 25 February 1995), known as Viscount Hinchingbrooke from 1916 to 1962, as the Earl of Sandwich from...
in 1714 for Charles Montagu, 1st Baron Halifax, First Lord of the Treasury to George I, along with the courtesy title of Viscount Sunbury. Both titles...
Browne, 1st ViscountMontagu (1528–1592), son of Sir Anthony (died 1548) Anthony Browne (1552–1592), English Sheriff, son of 1st ViscountMontagu Anthony-Maria...
leaving school Fawkes entered the service of Anthony Browne, 1st ViscountMontagu. The Viscount took a dislike to Fawkes and after a short time dismissed him;...
Baron Dacre of Gilsland, and the second wife of Anthony Browne, 1st ViscountMontagu. Magdalen, a Roman Catholic, was a Maid of Honour at the wedding of...
Francis Montagu Douglas Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch, 7th Duke of Queensberry (1806–1884), second son of the 4th Duke William Henry Walter Montagu Douglas...
Edwin Samuel Montagu PC (6 February 1879 – 15 November 1924) was a British Liberal politician who served as Secretary of State for India between 1917...
Earl of Southampton, and his wife, Mary Browne, daughter of the first ViscountMontagu. Wriothesley is famous as the dedicatee of Shakespeare's Venus and...
of Montagus at Spratton and Little Creton, also in Northamptonshire. The third Baron Montagu of Boughton was created Earl of Montagu and Viscount Monthermer...
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