Montfort Browne | |
|---|---|
| 4th Governor of British West Florida | |
| In office Jan 1767 – Nov 1769 | |
| Preceded by | George Johnstone |
| Succeeded by | John Eliot |
| 22nd Royal Governor of the Bahamas | |
| In office 1775–1776 | |
| Preceded by | William Shirley |
| Succeeded by | John Gambier |
| Personal details | |
| Born | ca. 1735 Port Eliot, Cornwall, England |
| Died | ca. 1786[1] |
| Spouse | Louisa Mysnell |
| Profession | Royal Army officer and Governor |
Montfort Browne (ca. 1735 –1780) was a British Army officer and Tory, and a major landowner and developer of British West Florida in the 1760s and 1770s. He commanded the Prince of Wales' American Regiment, a Loyalist regiment, in the American Revolutionary War. He served as lieutenant governor of West Florida from 1766 to 1769, acting as governor from 1767, and then as governor of the Bahamas from 1774 to 1780.