Edward Cust

Sir Edward Cust, 1st Baronet, KCH (17 March 1794 14 January 1878) was a British soldier, politician and courtier.

Biography

Cust was born in Hill Street, Berkeley Square, Middlesex, London in 1794. He was the sixth son of the 1st Baron Brownlow, and Frances Bankes. Cust was educated at Eton College, and the Royal Military College. In 1810, he joined the 16th Regiment of Light Dragoons as a cadet and was Captain of the 5th Regiment of Dragoon Guards from 1816 and Major of the 55th Regiment of Foot from 1821.[1]

From 1818, Cust sat in Parliament as MP for Grantham until 1826 and then for Lostwithiel from 1826-32.[1] In 1831, he was knighted and appointed a KCH by William IV for his military service,[1] and in 1835 he was appointed as one of the Royal Commissioners for reporting on the plans offered by competitors for rebuilding the Houses of Parliament. In February, 1834 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.[2]

In 1845, Queen Victoria appointed him Assistant Master of the Ceremonies and was promoted as Master of the Ceremonies in 1847.[1] He joined the Canterbury Association on 27 May 1848, but resigned again on 22 November of that year.[1] In 1849, the Cust River in Canterbury was named after Sir Edward Cust. The township of Cust was in turn named after the river.[3]

In 1876, Cust was made a baronet.[4][1]

Bibliography

Sir Edward wrote:

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Bain, Rev. Michael (2007). The Canterbury Association (1848-1852): A Study of Its Members’ Connections (PDF). Christchurch: Project Canterbury. pp. 27–28. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
  2. "Library and Archive Catalogue". Royal Society. Retrieved 26 December 2010.
  3. Reed, A. W. (2010). Peter Dowling, ed. Place Names of New Zealand. Rosedale, North Shore: Raupo. p. 94. ISBN 9780143204107.
  4. The London Gazette: no. 24299. p. 884. 25 February 1876.

Further reading

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Sir William Welby, Bt
Robert Smith
Member of Parliament for Grantham
1818 1826
With: Sir William Welby, Bt 1818–1820
James Hughes 1820
Sir Montague Cholmeley, 1st Bt 1820–1826
Succeeded by
Montague Cholmeley
Frederick Tollemache
Preceded by
Sir Alexander Grant, Bt
Viscount Valletort
Member of Parliament for Lostwithiel
1826 1832
With: Viscount Valletort 1826–1830
Hon. William Vesey-FitzGerald 1830
Viscount Valletort 1830–1832
Constituency disenfranchised
Court offices
Preceded by
Thomas Hyde
Assistant Master of the Ceremonies
18451847
Succeeded by
William Cornwall
Preceded by
Sir Robert Chester
Master of the Ceremonies
1847 1876
Succeeded by
Sir Francis Seymour
Military offices
Preceded by
Sir Joseph Thackwell
Colonel of the 16th Lancers
1859 1878
Succeeded by
Sir Charles Shute
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baronet
(of Leasowe Castle)
1876 1878
Succeeded by
Leopold Cust
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