John Cust, 1st Earl Brownlow,GCH(19 August 1779 – 15 September 1853) was aBritish PeerandTorypolitician.[1]
John Cust | |
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1stEarl Brownlow | |
In office 1815–1853 | |
Member of theBritish Parliament forClitheroe | |
In office 1802–1807 | |
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Born | 19 August 1779 |
Died | 15 September 1853 (aged 74) |
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Children | 7, includingJohnandCharles |
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Life
editCust was the eldest son of the1st Baron Brownlowand his second wife, Frances. He was educated atEton(1788–93) andTrinity College, Cambridge(1797) before undertaking a European tour of Russia and Germany in 1801. In 1802 he was elected theMPforClitheroe,holding the seat until 1807,[1]when he succeeded his father's title and estates, includingBelton Housenear Grantham, Lincolnshire.
In May 1805, he was elected aFellow of the Royal Society.[2]From 1809 to 1852, he wasLord Lieutenant of Lincolnshireand in 1815 was createdEarl BrownlowandViscount Alford,of Alford, in the County of Lincoln.[3]He was appointed to theRoyal Guelphic Orderas a Knight Grand Cross (GCH) in 1834.[1]
According to theLegacies of British Slave-Ownershipat theUniversity College London,Brownlow was awarded compensation under theSlave Compensation Act 1837.In 1821, Brownlow's younger brother,Sir Edward Cust,1st Baronet (1794–1878), had marriedMary 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 andWilbraham Egertonof Tatton Park acted as co-trustees and executors of Margaret Boode's estate when she died in 1827.[4]
Family
editOn 24 July 1810, Lord Brownlow married Sophia Hume, the second daughter and coheiress ofSir Abraham Hume, Bt.,with whom he had three children:
- Lady Sophia Frances, (1811–1882) (allegedly a friend ofAugustus Smithand a regular visitor toTresco), married Lt-ColChristopher Tower.Mother ofAmelia, Countess de Salis
- John Hume, Viscount Alford(1812–1851)
- Charles Henry(1813–1875)
Brownlow's wife died in 1814 and on 22 September 1818, he married Caroline Fludyer daughter ofGeorge Fludyerof Ayston, Rutland (and a granddaughter ofSir 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 thirdlyLady Emma Sophia Edgcumbe,a daughter of the2nd 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
edit- ^abcd"CUST, Hon. John (1779-1853), of Belton House, Lincs".History of Parliament.Retrieved4 November2021.
- ^"Fellows 1660-2007"(PDF).Royal Society.Retrieved12 October2016.
- ^"No. 17066".The London Gazette.30 September 1815. p. 1997.
- ^"John Cust, 1st Earl Brownlow".University College London.Retrieved on 20 March 2019.
- ^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.