Paternal Family Tree: Cust
On 16th October 1770 [his father] Brownlow Cust 1st Baron Brownlow [aged 25] and Jocosa Drury Lady Cust [aged 21] were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. She by marriage Lady Cust of Stamford in Lincolnshire.
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 13th August 1791 Peregrine Cust was born to Brownlow Cust 1st Baron Brownlow [aged 46] and Frances Bankes Baroness Brownlow.
On 25th December 1807 [his father] Brownlow Cust 1st Baron Brownlow [aged 63] died. His 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.
On 4th May 1816 Augustus Frederick Keppel 5th Earl Albermarle [aged 21] and [his future wife] Frances Steer Countess Albemarle were married. He the son of William Charles Keppel 4th Earl Albermarle [aged 43] and Elizabeth Southwell Countess Albermarle [aged 40].
In 1818 Peregrine Cust [aged 26] was elected MP Honiton during the 1818 General Election.
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 1820 Peregrine Cust [aged 28] was elected MP Honiton.
In 1823 Peregrine Cust [aged 31] and Isabella Mary Montagu Scott [aged 22] were married. She the daughter of Charles Scott 4th Duke Buccleuch 6th Duke Queensberry and Harriet Katherine Townshend Duchess Buccleuch Duchess Queensbury.
In 1826 Peregrine Cust [aged 34] was elected MP Clitheroe.
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. She by marriage Countess Brownlow. She the daughter of Richard Edgecumbe 2nd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe [aged 63] and Sophia Hobart Countess Mount Edgcumbe.
Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes
Récits d’un bourgeois de Valenciennes aka The Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes is a vivid 14th-century vernacular chronicle written by an anonymous urban chronicler from Valenciennes in the County of Hainaut. It survives in a manuscript that describes local and regional history from about 1253 to 1366, blending chronology, narrative episodes, and eyewitness-style accounts of political, military, and social events in medieval France, Flanders, and the Low Countries. The work begins with a chronological framework of events affecting Valenciennes and its region under rulers such as King Philip VI of France and the shifting allegiances of local nobility. It includes accounts of conflicts, sieges, diplomatic manoeuvres, and the impact of broader struggles like the Hundred Years’ War on urban life in Hainaut. Written from the perspective of a burgher (bourgeois) rather than a monastery or royal court, the chronicle offers a rare lay viewpoint on high politics and warfare, reflecting how merchants, townspeople, and civic institutions experienced the turbulence of the 13th and 14th centuries. Its narrative style combines straightforward reporting of events with moral and civic observations, making it a valuable source for readers interested in medieval urban society, regional politics, and the lived experience of war and governance in pre-modern Europe.
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On 13th August 1829 [his brother-in-law] Walter Scott 5th Duke Buccleuch 7th Duke Queensberry and Charlotte Anne Thynne Duchess Buccleuch Duchess Queensbury [aged 18] were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. She by marriage Duchess Buccleuch and Duchess Queensberry. She the daughter of Thomas Thynne 2nd Marquess of Bath [aged 64] and Isabella Elizabeth Byng Marchioness Bath [aged 55]. He the son of Charles Scott 4th Duke Buccleuch 6th Duke Queensberry and Harriet Katherine Townshend Duchess Buccleuch Duchess Queensbury. They were fifth cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 9th October 1829 [his wife] Isabella Mary Montagu Scott [aged 28] died.
In 1833 Peregrine Cust [aged 41] and Sophia Mary Townshend were married.
On 25th December 1847 [his sister-in-law] Mary Elizabeth Townshend Countess Romney [aged 47] died.
On 30th October 1849 William Charles Keppel 4th Earl Albermarle [aged 77] died. His son Augustus [aged 55] succeeded 5th Earl Albermarle, 5th Viscount Bury in Lancashire, 5th Baron Ashford of Ashford in Kent. [his future wife] Frances Steer Countess Albemarle by marriage Countess Albermarle.
On 6th December 1852 [his wife] Sophia Mary Townshend died.
On 15th September 1853 [his brother] John Cust 1st Earl Brownlow [aged 74] died. His grandson John [aged 11] succeeded 2nd Earl Brownlow, 2nd Viscount Alford, 3rd Baron Brownlow of Belton in Lincolnshire, 6th Baronet Cust of Stamford in Lincolnshire, and inherited Belton House [Map].
In 1860 Peregrine Cust [aged 68] and Frances Steer Countess Albemarle were married.
In May 1869 [his wife] Frances Steer Countess Albemarle died.
On 15th September 1873 Peregrine Cust [aged 82] died.
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
Grandfather: Henry Bankes
mother: Frances Bankes Baroness Brownlow