See also John Cust, 1st Earl Brownlow

John Cust, 1st Earl Brownlow

John Cust, 1st Earl Brownlow, GCH was a British Peer and Tory politician.Cust was the eldest son of the 1st Baron Brownlow and his second wife, Frances. In 1802, he was elected as MP for Clitheroe and held the seat until he succeeded to his father's title in 1807. In May, 1805 he was elected a...

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Sir John Cust, 3rd Baronet PC

Privy Council of the United Kingdom

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 (29 August 1718 – 24 January 1770) was a British

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 politician. He served as Speaker of the House of Commons

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 from 1761 to 1770.

Cust was the son of Sir Richard Cust, 2nd Baronet, and Anne Brownlow, daughter of Sir William Brownlow, 4th Baronet

Sir William Brownlow, 4th Baronet

Sir William Brownlow, 4th Baronet was a British Member of Parliament.-Life:Brownlow was the younger son of Sir Richard Brownlow, 2nd Baronet, and Elizabeth Freke. He was educated at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge...

. He was educated at Eton

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 and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge

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. Cust was elected to the House of Commons

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 for Grantham

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 in 1743, seat he would continue to represent until his death 27 years later. In 1761 he was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons

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, which he remained until shortly before his death in 1770. He was admitted to the Privy Council

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 in 1762.

Cust married Etheldred Payne, daughter of Thomas Payne, in 1743. He died in January 1770, aged 51, and was succeeded in his title by his son Brownlow Cust

Brownlow Cust, 1st Baron Brownlow

Brownlow Cust, 1st Baron Brownlow FRS , known as Sir Brownlow Cust, 4th Baronet, from 1770 to 1776, was a British Tory Member of Parliament....

, who in 1776 was raised to the peerage as Baron Brownlow

Baron Brownlow

Baron Brownlow, of Belton in the County of Lincoln, is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1776 for Sir Brownlow Cust, 4th Baronet. The Cust family descends from Richard Cust who represented Lincolnshire and Stamford in Parliament. In 1677 he was created a Baronet, of...

in recognition of his father's services.