1779 - 1853
Trustee and executor for the estate of the mother-in-law of his younger brother (Edward Cust, q.v.).
Son of Brownlow Cust and Frances Bankes. Eton. Matriculated Trinity Cambridge Michaelmas 1797; MA 1801. FSA 1801; MP Clitheroe 1802-7; FRS 1805. President of Royal Archaeological Institution Society 1841-9.
Living at Belgrave Square in 1841, age 61, with Emma Brownlow age 50, Caroline Cust age 21, Amelia Cust age 20 and Katherine Cust age 18, and 9 male and 14 female servants. At 12 Belgrave Square in 1850. At Belton House in Lincolnshire in the census of 1851.
T71/885 British Guiana claim no. 716A&B (Greenwich Park). The notes show that Brownlow and his co-trustee Wilbraham Egerton were appointed in the place of James Dannett, the original awardee. Edward Cust's wife was the daughter and heir of Lewis William Boode and Margaret Dannett.
http://thepeerage.com/p2886.htm [accessed 09/08/2012].
Ancestry.com, Cambridge University Alumni 1261-1900 [database online], entry for Hon. John Cust.
1841 and 1851 censuses online. Findmypast, Westminster Rate Books 1634-1900 [database online].
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Name in compensation records
John Earl Brownlow
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Spouse
(1) Amelia Sophia Hume (2) Caroline Fludyer (3) Lady Emma Sophia Edgcumbe
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Children
With (1) Lady Sophia Cust, John Hume Egerton (Viscount Alford), Hon Charles Cust. With (2) Lady Caroline cust, Lady Katherine Cust
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School
Eton
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University
Cambridge (Trinity) [1797-1801 ]
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£10,058 15s 4d
Awardee (Trustee)
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Cultural (3) |
Furniture and Woodwork
Workbox and contents, alabaster and ormolu, England, ca. 1830. Made for Emma, Countess of...
notes → Full details at: Victoria & Albert Museum Collection: Furniture and Woodwork. The catalogue refers to...
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Sculpture
Marble bust of Lady Brownlow, by Joseph Nollekens, English,...
notes → Full details at: Victoria & Albert Museum Collection: Sculpture.
Thanks...
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V & A: Metalwork
Andiron (fire dogs). Raised, cast, chased, tooled and engraved silver and carved wood, London, ca.1670 with additions circa...
notes → Full details at: Victoria & Albert Museum Collection: Metalwork. A second specimen is at: <a...
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Political (1) |
MP
Tory
election →
Clitheroe Lancashire
1802 - 1807 |
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Trustee → Testator
Notes →
Earl Brownlow was trustee and executor of Margaret Boode nee Dannett, who was mother-in-law of Brownlow's brother Edward Cust....
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Brothers
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12 Belgrave Square, London, Middlesex, London, England
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Ashridge Estate, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, South-east England, England
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Belton House, Belton, Lincolnshire, East Midlands, England
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1787 - 1861
Enslaved boy on Unity Valley Pen, Jamaica. Manumitted in 1795 by David Barclay and removed to Philadelphia, with 29 other freed persons from the estate, where he was placed under the care of Society for Improving the Condition of Free Blacks.
Document comprises 4 parts, written recto and verso across 5 folios: 1. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 2. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Williamsfield settlement, St Elisabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 3. An inventory of animals at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 4. A cover note outlining the contents of the document.
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CITING THIS RECORD:
'John Cust, 1st Earl Brownlow', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/8986 [accessed 21st November 2024].
