Sir John Cust, 3rd Baronet PC (29 August 1718 – 24 January 1770), of

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near

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, was a British politician who served as Speaker of the House of Commons from 1761 to 1770.

Origins

He was the eldest son of Sir Richard Cust, 2nd Baronet (1680–1734) by his wife Anne Brownlow, daughter of

Sir William Brownlow, 4th Baronet Sir William Brownlow, 4th Baronet (5 November 1665 – 6 March 1701) was an English politician. Origins He was the younger son of Sir Richard Brownlow, 2nd Baronet (died 1668) of Great Humby, Humby in Lincolnshire, by his wife Elizabeth Freke ...

, of Belton House, and heiress in her issue of her brother John Brownlow, 1st Viscount Tyrconnel, 5th Baronet (1690–1754), of Belton House. He was educated at

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and

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and studied law at the

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, where he was

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in 1742.

Career

He was elected as a Member of Parliament for

in 1743, which seat he continued to represent until his death 27 years later. In 1754 his mother inherited

from her childless brother, John Brownlow, 1st Viscount Tyrconnel, the last male of the Brownlow family. He was unanimously elected Speaker of the House of Commons in 1761, and unanimously reelected in 1768. He was admitted to the Privy Council in 1762.Barker (1888) On 17 January 1770, Cust sent word to the House of Commons that he was too ill to attend. He resigned on 19 January; his successor Sir Fletcher Norton was elected on 22 January. Cust died on 24 January 1770, aged 51. His memorial in Belton church was created by William Tyler RA.Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851 by Rupert Gunnis p.404

Marriage and progeny

In 1743 he married Etheldreda Payne, a daughter of Thomas Payne, by whom he had two sons and two daughters, including: * Brownlow Cust, 1st Baron Brownlow, 4th Baronet (1744–1807), who succeeded his father in the baronetcy and in 1776 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 ...

in recognition of his father's services. * Elizabeth Cust (1750–1779), married Philip Yorke I (1743–1804) of

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House, as his first wife.

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