MONTAGU. 341 of William (Hbbbbrt), 1st Marquess ok I'owis, by Elizabeth, da. of Edward (Somerset), 2.1 MABqDEss oif Wont -ester. Ho s.p. Jimu 1708 and was bur. at Midhurst. Will dat. lflM to 12 Feb. 1707,,'S, (in 12 July 170S. His widow d. 30 Oct. 1 74-1 ,( ;t ) and was fur. in the church of the Euglish Augustine Nuns at Unices. tt.t Will dat. 23 May 1738, pr. 31 Oct. 1745. V. 1708. .". Henry (Browne), Viscount Montagu, only br. ami h, : before liill ; was Sec. of State to King James II. when in exile, 1091 ; sue. to the peerage, June 1708. lb- beforu 1085 Barbara, sister of .lames, da. of Thomas W.u.sinuiia.m,^') of Ch.es terford, eo. Essex, by Anne, da. of Theopdiltis (Howard), Eahi, tw Si kkolk. He d. 25 Jane 1717, at Epsom, co. Surrey, and was >mr. at Bath.(i') His widow if. 23 Nov. 1723. VI. 1717. 0. Anthony (I.rowxb), Viscount Montagu, ouly s. and h. ; b. 1630 j to tin: peerage* 25 June 1717: sold Battle Abbey, 171!); was elected "Grand Master of the Free anil Accepted Masons" in April 1732.('>) lie m., 28 July 1720, Barbara, 3d da. of Sir John WEBB, 3,1 Hart., by Barbara, da. and coheir of John (Bel.v-ysi: Baron Belasyse Or Woulaby. He 23 April 1707, aged 31, and was bin: at Eastbourne, Sussex. Will pr, 10 May 1707. His widow d. 7 April 1779, aged SO. Will pr. April 1779. VII. 17G7. 7. Anthony Joseph (Browne), Viscount Montagu, 2d and yst. but only surv. s. and h.(°) ; b. in Stratton street, West- minster, 11 April 1728; i»e, to tin fitcritgr, l'.'I April 1707. He conformed to the established religion of England. He m., 22 July 1707, at St. Geo. Han. si| , Frances, Dow. Baroness Falcohku or HalkbrTouh [S ], da. of Herbert Mackwoutu, of the Gnoll, eo. Glamorgan, by Jane, da. of Edward (Noel), Karl of (.t.vinsboeoucu. He d. 9 April 17S7. aged 58. Will pr. 17SS. His widow d. 3 March 18H, in her 83d year. Admou. 20 April 181 1, under .(.'1,000. VI II. 17S7. S. George Samuel (Browne), Viscount Montagu, only s. and 11. ; b. 20 June 1709, and lap. at St. Marylebono ; sue. to the peerage, 9 April 1787. He if. mini., aged 21, being drowned; 1 ) Oct. 1793 in a mad attempt to shoot Hi.', falls of Sclmull'hausen on the Bhinc. By his death the male issue of the 2d Viscount became apparently extinct, but the peerage (presumably) devolved as under. IX. 1793, 'J. Mask Anthony (Browne), Viscount Montagu, to cousin and h. male, being s. and if. of Mark Browne, of Eastbourne, 1707. co. Sussex, by his second wife, Anastasia, da. of Sir Richard Moore, Bart., of Fawley, Berks, which Mark (who d. 7 Feb. 1755), was s. of Staiuslaus Browne, s. and h. of another Stanislaus Browne (living 16S7), who was s. and h. of John Brownk, all three of Eastbourne afsd., which John was pr. br. to the second Viscount. He was li. 2 and Imp. 10 March 1744/5, at Eastbourne ; was a Monk at Foutaiueblau in France, but, having sue. to the peerage in Oct. 1793, he (") 30 Oct. 1745, according to " Tup. mid Gen.," ii, 535. (*>) See Walsiugham pedigree in Manning and Bray's " Surreu," ii, 540. ( c ) According to Mrs. llouudell's " Coicdrtig," ho was profligate and superstitious, and having shot a Priest, who had refused him absolution, lived in hiding ever since. (<') " Collins," edit. 1779, vol. vi, p. 22. (°) His elder br. (/. at ltouen, in Normandy, aged one year. 0 There is said to have been a curse on the race (which, tho' professing the old faith, scrupled not to ho enriched with the spoils of the church) as to its perishing by " lire and water." In this same year, 1793, was the fire by which Cowdray house wa destroyed, while not only did the young Viscount perish by water but (22 years later) the two only sous of his only sister (Mrs. 1'oyutz) were also drowned (in sight of their parents) in July 1S15.
