Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montagu

The Right Honorable The Viscount Montagu KB PC
Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montague, by Hans Eworth
Born	29 November 1528
Died	19 October 1592(1592-10-19) (aged 63) West Horsley, Surrey
Noble family	Browne
Spouse(s)	Jane Radcliffe Magdalen Dacre
Issue	Anthony Browne Mary Browne Sir George Browne Thomas Browne Henry Browne Elizabeth Browne Mabel Browne Jane Browne
Father	Sir Anthony Browne
Mother	Alice Gage

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 Queen Elizabeth. In spite of his bold opposition to the Acts of Supremacy and Allegiance (1559 and 1562), 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 along with two of his Dacre brothers-in-law..