Henry Francis Cockayne-Cust (15 September 1819 – 5 April 1884), was a British
Conservative Party
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politician.
Background
Born Henry Cust, Cockayne-Cust was the eldest son of Reverend
Henry Cust
Henry John Cockayne-Cust, JP, DL (10 October 1861 – 2 March 1917) was an English politician and editor who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Unionist Party.
Origins
He was a son of Henry Cockayne-Cust, a younger grandson o ...
, Canon of Windsor, younger son of
Brownlow Cust, 1st Baron Brownlow
Brownlow Cust, 1st Baron Brownlow (3 December 1744 – 25 December 1807), of Belton House near Grantham in Lincolnshire (known as Sir Brownlow Cust, 4th Baronet, from 1770 to 1776), was a British Tory Member of Parliament.
Origins
He was the son ...
. His mother was Lady Anna Maria Elizabeth, daughter of
Francis Needham, 1st Earl of Kilmorey
Francis Needham, 1st Earl of Kilmorey (5 April 1748 – 21 November 1832), known as Francis Needham until 1818 and as The Viscount Kilmorey from 1818 to 1822, was an Anglo-Irish soldier and Member of Parliament.
Kilmorey was the third son of John ...
. He later assumed the additional surname of Cockayne by Royal licence. He was educated at
Eton College
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.
Political and military career
Cockayne-Cust was a captain in the
8th Hussars
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and a Major in the
Shropshire Yeomanry
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. In 1874 he entered Parliament as one of two representatives for
Grantham
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, a seat he held until 1880.
Family
Cockayne-Cust married Sara Jane, daughter of Isaac Cookson and widow of Sidney Robert Streatfield, in 1852. They had two sons and four daughters. Their eldest son was
Henry Cust
Henry John Cockayne-Cust, JP, DL (10 October 1861 – 2 March 1917) was an English politician and editor who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Unionist Party.
Origins
He was a son of Henry Cockayne-Cust, a younger grandson o ...
. Sara Jane died in childbirth in September 1867. Cockayne-Cust remained a widower until his death in April 1884, aged 64. His youngest son Adelbert succeeded as fifth Baron Brownlow in 1921.
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1819 births
1884 deaths
Shropshire Yeomanry officers
Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
8th King's Royal Irish Hussars officers
UK MPs 1874–1880
Henry Cockayne-Cust