Charles Henry Cust (27 September 1813 – 19 May 1875) was a British soldier and
Conservative
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politician.
Background
Cust was the second son of
John Cust, 1st Earl Brownlow
John Cust, 1st Earl Brownlow, GCH (19 August 1779 – 15 September 1853) was a British Peer and Tory politician.
Life
Cust was the eldest son of the 1st Baron Brownlow and his second wife, Frances. He was educated at Eton (1788–93) and ...
, and his first wife Sophia, daughter of Sir Abraham Hume, 2nd Baronet.
John Egerton, Viscount Alford
John Hume Egerton, Viscount Alford (15 October 1812 – 3 January 1851) was a British Tory Member of Parliament from the Egerton family
The Egerton family (pronunciation: "''edge-er-ton''") is a British aristocratic family. Over time, sever ...
, was his elder brother.
Military and political career
Cust was a Captain in the
Royal Horse Guards
The Royal Regiment of Horse Guards (The Blues) (RHG) was a cavalry regiment of the British Army, part of the Household Cavalry.
Raised in August 1650 at Newcastle upon Tyne and County Durham by Sir Arthur Haselrigge on the orders of Oliver Cr ...
. In 1859 he was appointed
High Sheriff of Northamptonshire
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and in 1865 was returned to Parliament for
Shropshire North. He held the seat only until the following year, when he was succeeded by his nephew,
Adelbert Brownlow-Cust
Family
Cust married Caroline, daughter of Reginald George Macdonald, in 1842. He died in May 1875, aged 61. Caroline died in October 1887.
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1813 births
1875 deaths
Younger sons of earls
High Sheriffs of Northamptonshire
Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
UK MPs 1865–1868
Charles
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