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Hace 3 días · His eldest son and heir Anthony Browne, owner of Battle Abbey and Cowdray Park, was created Viscount Montagu in 1554, and the estate descended in the family until the death, without heirs, of Mark Anthony Browne, 9th viscount, in 1797, when Poynings reverted to the Crown.
Hace 4 días · Stockwell was held by the Crown until 1555, when it was granted to Anthony Browne, Viscount Montagu, “for the better support of the estate and rank of a viscount”, in consideration of his services to Queen Mary during the rebellions of the Duke of Northumberland and Sir Thomas Wyatt.
Hace 2 días · Finally it was granted to Sir Anthony Browne, afterwards Viscount Montagu, with whose family it remained until the middle of the next century. In 1677 Francis, Lord Montagu, greatgrandson of Sir Anthony, conveyed it to John Glynne of Henley Park.
Hace 2 días · Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montagu: c. 1528–1592 1555 337 Thomas Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex: c. 1525–1583 1557 338 William Grey, 13th Baron Grey de Wilton: d. 1562 1557 339 Robert Rochester: c. 1500–1557 1557
Hace 4 días · Question for Quote Investigator: According to legend a British statesman was once criticized for disregarding naval tradition. The statesman responded with the following zinger: The only traditions of the Royal Navy are rum, sodomy, and the lash. This line has been attributed to Winston …. Continue reading “Quote Origin: The Only Traditions ...
Hace 5 días · Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban PC (/ ˈ b eɪ k ən /; 22 January 1561 – 9 April 1626), known as Lord Verulam between 1618 and 1621, was an English philosopher and statesman who served as Attorney General and Lord Chancellor of England under King James I.
Hace 3 días · Anthony Carey, 5th Viscount Falkland: 1689–1699: Edward Russell ... Robert Walpole: 1711–1714: Charles Caesar: 1714–1718: John Aislabie: 1718–1720: Richard Hampden: 1720–1724: George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington: 1724–1734: Pattee Byng, 2nd Viscount ... Therefore Pepys' early transactions on behalf of Adm. Edward Montagu ...
