Sir Brownlow Cust, 7th Bt, 1st Baron Brownlow FSA, FRS, MP (1744 -1807)
after George Romney (Dalton-in-Furness 1734 – Kendal 1802)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1785
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
794 x 667 mm (31 1/4 x 26 1/4 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Erddig, Wrexham
NT 1151293
Summary
Oil painting on canvas. Painting of Sir Brownlow Cust, 7th Bt, 1st Baron Brownlow FSA, FRS, MP (1744 -1807) after George Romney (Dalton-in-Furness 1734 – Kendal 1802), circa 1785. A half-length in profile to left, head almost facing wearing peer's robes. The original painting by Romney is at Belton House (NT). He was the son of Rt Hon. Sir John Cust, 3rd Bt (1718-1770), Speaker of the House of Commons and, Etheldred Payne (1720-1775). He married, firstly, Jocosa Katherina Drury 1748/9-1772), daughter of Lt-General Sir Thomas Drury, 1st and last Bt(1712-1759) and Martha Tyrrell (d.1768), on 16 October 1770 at St George's Church, St George Street, Hanover Square, London, England and, secondly, Frances Bankes (1756-1847), daughter of Sir Henry Bankes and Frances Pembrooke, on 31 August 1775 at St. James' Church, Westminster. He was educated at Eton and graduated from Corpus Christi College, Cambridge in 1766 with an MA. He was MP (Tory) for Ilchester 1768-1774 and Grantham 1774-1776. He was created 1st Baron Brownlow of Belton on 20 May 1776, for his late father's services. He became a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries (FSA) on 13 June 1776 and a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) on 8 May 1783. His sister, Elisabeth married Philip Yorke I of Erddig in 1770, who had been a friend of his at Cambridge. He died on 25 December 1807 at age 63 at Belton and is buried at Belton (NT).
Provenance
Given by Phillip Yorke III (1905-1978) along with the estate, house and contents to the National Trust in 1973.
Credit line
Erddig, The Yorke Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
Recto: Label stuck to bottom of frame -(black on gold paper) inscribed: BROWNLOW CUST, BARON BROWNLOW. - DIED 1807
Makers and roles
after George Romney (Dalton-in-Furness 1734 – Kendal 1802), artist
References
Steegman 1957 John Steegman, A Survey of Portraits in Welsh Houses, Vol.I: North Wales, Cardiff, 1957, p.95. Erddig, Clwyd: 1995 [The National Trust] 1995, p.45