Brownlow Cust, 1st Baron Brownlow (3 December 1744 – 25 December 1807), of

Belton House Belton House is a Grade I listed country house in the parish of Belton near Grantham in Lincolnshire, England, built between 1685 and 1687 by Sir John Brownlow, 3rd Baronet. It is surrounded by formal gardens and a series of avenues lead ...

near

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in Lincolnshire (known as Sir Brownlow Cust, 4th Baronet, from 1770 to 1776), was a British

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Member of Parliament.

Origins

He was the son and heir of Sir John Cust, 3rd Baronet (1718–1770),

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, by his wife Etheldreda Payne, a daughter of Thomas Payne of Hough-on-the-Hill, Lincolnshire.

Career

Cust was educated at

Eton College Eton College ( ) is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school providing boarding school, boarding education for boys aged 13–18, in the small town of Eton, Berkshire, Eton, in Berkshire, in the United Kingdom. It has educated Prime Mini ...

and

Corpus Christi College, Cambridge Corpus Christi College (full name: "The College of Corpus Christi and the Blessed Virgin Mary", often shortened to "Corpus") is a Colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge. From the late 14th c ...

. In 1766 he was elected as a Member of Parliament for

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in Somerset, a seat he held until 1774, and then represented

between 1774 and 1776, in which year he was raised to the peerage as

Baron Brownlow Baron Brownlow, of Belton, South Kesteven, Belton in the County of Lincoln, is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1776 for Brownlow Cust, 1st Baron Brownlow, Sir Brownlow Cust, 4th Baronet. The Cust family descends from S ...

, "of Belton in the County of Lincoln". The peerage was chiefly in recognition of his father's services, and the name of his title refers to his paternal grandmother Anne Brownlow (Lady Cust), sister and heiress in her issue of John Brownlow, 1st Viscount Tyrconnel, of Belton House, and wife of Sir Richard Cust, 2nd Baronet. In 1776 he was made a Fellow of the

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and in 1783 was made a Fellow of the

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Belton House

In 1779 Cust inherited

, near Grantham in Lincolnshire, under the will of his paternal grandmother, Anne Brownlow (Lady Cust), wife of Sir Richard Cust, 2nd Baronet and sister, and in her issue heiress, of John Brownlow, 1st Viscount Tyrconnel (1690–1754), of Belton House.

Marriages and progeny

Cust married twice: *Firstly, in 1770, to Jocosa Katherina Drury (d. 1772), daughter and heiress of

Sir Thomas Drury, 1st Baronet Sir Thomas Drury, 1st Baronet FRS (1712 – 19 January 1759) of Wickham Hall near Maldon, Essex, and Overstone, Northamptonshire was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1741 and 1747. Background Drury was born in Lon ...

(1712–1759) of Overstone in Northamptonshire, by whom he had one daughter. His wife died two years after the marriage. Their daughter Elizabeth Cust catalogued the pictures at the family home of Belton in 1805–6 and produced several copies of the Old Masters in the collection, as well as original portraits of her younger siblings William, Edward, and Anne. *Secondly, in 1775, to Frances Bankes, daughter and heiress of Sir Henry Bankes of

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in Surrey, by whom he had five sons and one daughter: ** John Cust, 1st Earl Brownlow, 1st Viscount Alford, 2nd Baron Brownlow, 5th Baronet (1779–1853), eldest son and heir, in 1815 created

Earl Brownlow Baron Brownlow, of Belton in the County of Lincoln, is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1776 for Sir Brownlow Cust, 4th Baronet. The Cust family descends from Richard Cust (1622–1700) of The Black Friars, Stamford, ...

and Viscount Alford, a Member of Parliament for

Lincolnshire Lincolnshire (), abbreviated ''Lincs'', is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East Midlands and Yorkshire and the Humber regions of England. It is bordered by the East Riding of Yorkshire across the Humber estuary to th ...

and for

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in Lancashire; **Rev. Henry Cockayne Cust (1780–1861),

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; **

William Cust William Cust (23 January 1787 – 3 March 1845), was a British barrister and Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP). He also served as Commissioner of Customs. Cust was a younger son of Brownlow Cust, 1st Baron Brownlo ...

(1787–1845), MP; ** Peregrine Cust (1791–1873), MP; **

Sir Edward Cust, 1st Baronet Sir Edward Cust, 1st Baronet, Royal Guelphic Order, KCH (17 March 1794 – 14 January 1878) was a British soldier, politician and courtier. Early life He was born in Hill Street, Berkeley Square, London, Middlesex, in 1794, the sixth son of the ...

(1794–1878), a soldier and politician, who in 1876 was created a

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"of Leasowe Castle in the

County of Chester Cheshire ( ) is a ceremonial county in North West England. It is bordered by Merseyside to the north-west, Greater Manchester to the north-east, Derbyshire to the east, Staffordshire to the south-east, and Shropshire to the south; to the west ...

". **Anne Cust (1796–1867),1851 England Census who married Sir William Fowle Middleton, 2nd Baronet.

Arms

References

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