William Cust 1787-1845

Paternal Family Tree: William Cust

In 1775 [his father] Brownlow Cust 1st Baron Brownlow [aged 30] and [his mother] Frances Bankes Baroness Brownlow were married. She by marriage Lady Cust of Stamford in Lincolnshire.

On 23rd January 1787 William Cust was born to Brownlow Cust 1st Baron Brownlow [aged 42] and Frances Bankes Baroness Brownlow.

On 25th December 1807 [his father] Brownlow Cust 1st Baron Brownlow [aged 63] died. His succeeded son [his brother] John [aged 28] succeeded 2nd Baron Brownlow of Belton in Lincolnshire, 5th Baronet Cust of Stamford in Lincolnshire, and inherited Belton House [Map]. Monument in St Peter and St Paul Church, Belton [Map] sculpted by Richard "The Elder" Westmacott [aged 60].

On 24th July 1810 [his brother] John Cust 1st Earl Brownlow [aged 30] and [his sister-in-law] Amelia Sophia Hume [aged 21] were married. She by marriage Baroness Brownlow of Belton in Lincolnshire.

In 1816 William Cust [aged 28] was elected MP Lincolnshire.

In 1818 William Cust [aged 30] was elected MP Clitheroe.

Before 1819 [his brother] John Cust 1st Earl Brownlow [aged 39] and [his sister-in-law] Caroline Fludyer Countess Brownlow [aged 24] were married. She by marriage Countess Brownlow.

In 1819 William Cust [aged 31] and Sophia Newnham were married.

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In 1822 William Cust [aged 34] was elected MP Chiltern Hundreds.

On 21st February 1828 [his son] Arthur Purey Cust was born to William Cust [aged 41] and [his wife] Sophia Newnham. He married 6th June 1854 Emma Bess Bligh, daughter of Edward Bligh 5th Earl Darnley and Emma Jane Parnell Countess Darnley.

On 17th July 1828 [his brother] John Cust 1st Earl Brownlow [aged 48] and [his sister-in-law] Emma Sophie Edgecumbe Countess Brownlow [aged 36] were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. Emma Sophie Edgecumbe Countess Brownlow by marriage Countess Brownlow. She the daughter of Richard Edgecumbe 2nd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe [aged 63] and Sophia Hobart Countess Mount Edgcumbe.

On 3rd March 1845 William Cust [aged 58] died.

In January 1884 [his former wife] Sophia Newnham died.

Ancestors of William Cust 1787-1845

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Cust 1st Baronet

Great x 2 Grandfather: Pury Cust

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Pury

Great x 3 Grandmother: Beatrice Pury Lady Dering

Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Cust 2nd Baronet

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Woodcock

Great x 2 Grandmother: Ursula Woodcock

GrandFather: John Cust 3rd Baronet

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Brownlow 1st Baronet

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Brownlow 2nd Baronet

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Duncombe

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Brownlow 4th Baronet

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Freke of Stretton in Dorset

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Freke Lady Brownlow

Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Brownlow Lady Cust

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Mason

Great x 2 Grandmother: Dorothy Mason Baroness Brownlow

Great x 4 Grandfather: James Long 2nd Baronet

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anna Margaret Long

Father: Brownlow Cust 1st Baron Brownlow

Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Payne

GrandMother: Etheldreda Payne Lady Cust

Great x 2 Grandfather: Martin Folkes

Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Folkes

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Hovell

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Hovell of Hillington

Great x 4 Grandmother: Dorothy Chicheley

Great x 2 Grandmother: Dorothy Hovell

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Lilly of South Lynn

Great x 3 Grandmother: Ethelreda Lilly

William Cust

GrandFather: Henry Bankes

Mother: Frances Bankes Baroness Brownlow