Anthony Browne (1552–1592)
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The ruins of Cowdray House, Browne's birthplace
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| Spouse(s) | Mary Dormer |
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| Noble family | Browne |
| Father | Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montagu |
| Mother | Jane Radcliffe |
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22 July 1552 Cowdray House, Midhurst, Sussex |
| Died | 29 June 1592 (aged 39) Riverbank House, Cowdray, Sussex |
Anthony Browne (22 July 1552 – 29 June 1592) was Sheriff of Surrey and of Kent in 1580. The heir to a great estate in Sussex, he predeceased his father by four months. Aside from his own progeny, his sister Mary married Henry Wriothesley, 2nd Earl of Southampton who gave birth to the 3rd Earl.
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 was twin brother to Mary Browne (1552–1607), later Countess of Southampton, but they lost their mother at the birth. Their grandfather was another Sir Anthony Browne (died 1548), knight of the shire for Surrey, and their great-grandfather, Sir Anthony Browne (died 1506) held the office of Standard Bearer of England. By 1558 their father, Lord Montagu, had married secondly Magdalen Dacre, by whom he had three further sons, George, Thomas and Henry, and three daughters, Elizabeth, Mabel and Jane. Browne's relationship with his stepmother appears to have been close. She was said to have had 'so solicitous a care of his health as if he had been her own child', and was so far from preferring her own children at Browne's expense that when an incident occurred which incurred Viscount Montagu's displeasure against his eldest son and heir, 'she pacified her husband', and brought Browne into his father's favour again.
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