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John Cust
GCH
1st Earl Brownlow
In office
1815–1853
Member of the British Parliament
for Clitheroe
In office
1802–1807
Personal details
Born19 August 1779
Died15 September 1853 (aged 74)
Spouses
Children7, including John and Charles
Parents

John Cust, 1st Earl Brownlow, GCH (19 August 1779 – 15 September 1853) was a British Peer and Tory politician.[1]

John Cust's funerary monument in Belton Church, Lincolnshire

Life

Belton House

Cust was the eldest son of the 1st Baron Brownlow and his second wife, Frances. He was educated at Eton (1788–93) and Trinity College, Cambridge (1797) before undertaking a European tour of Russia and Germany in 1801. In 1802 he was elected the MP for Clitheroe, holding the seat until 1807,[1] when he succeeded to his father's title and estates, including Belton House near Grantham, Lincolnshire.

In May 1805, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.[2] From 1809 to 1852, he was Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire and in 1815 was created Earl Brownlow and Viscount Alford, of Alford, in the County of Lincoln.[3] He was appointed to the Royal Guelphic Order as a Knight Grand Cross (GCH) in 1834.[1]

According to the Legacies of British Slave-Ownership at the University College London, Brownlow was awarded compensation under the Slave Compensation Act 1837. In 1821, Brownlow's younger brother, Sir Edward Cust, 1st Baronet (1794–1878), had married Mary Anne Boode (1799–1882). Mary was the daughter and heiress of Lewis William and Margaret Boode (née  Dannett). The Boodes were a prominent Dutch, slave owning family. Brownlow and Wilbraham Egerton of Tatton Park acted as co-trustees and executors of Margaret Boode's estate when she died in 1827.[4]

Family

On 24 July 1810, Lord Brownlow married Sophia Hume, the second daughter and coheiress of Sir Abraham Hume, Bt., with whom he had three children:

Brownlow's wife died in 1814 and on 22 September 1818, he married Caroline Fludyer daughter of George Fludyer of Ayston, Rutland (and a granddaughter of Sir Samuel Fludyer, Bt). Brownlow and Caroline had four daughters:

  • Lady Caroline Mary Cust, (1819–1898)
  • Lady Amelia Cust, (1821–?)
  • Lady Katherine Anne Cust, (1822–1885)
  • Lady Elizabeth Cust, (1824–1824)

Caroline died in 1824 and Brownlow then married thirdly Lady Emma Sophia Edgcumbe, a daughter of the 2nd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe. Lord Brownlow did have not any children with his third wife.

As his eldest son had pre-deceased him in 1851, on his own death in 1853 his titles and estates passed to his grandson, John William Spencer Egerton-Cust[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "CUST, Hon. John (1779-1853), of Belton House, Lincs". History of Parliament. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Fellows 1660-2007" (PDF). Royal Society. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  3. ^ "No. 17066". The London Gazette. 30 September 1815. p. 1997.
  4. ^ "John Cust, 1st Earl Brownlow". University College London. Retrieved on 20 March 2019.
  5. ^ Brownlow archives. Belton House records. Handwritten letter from Amelia Cust to her sister Sophia dated 25 October 1844. Last Will and Testament of Lady Amelia Cust.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Clitheroe
1802–1807
With: Robert Curzon 		Succeeded by
Honorary titles
Preceded by Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire
1809–1852 		Succeeded by
Vacant
Title last held by
The Earl Castleton 		Vice-Admiral of Lincolnshire
1809–1853 		Succeeded by
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New title Earl Brownlow
1815–1853 		Succeeded by
Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by Baron Brownlow
1807–1853 		Succeeded by
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