The Reverend The Hon. Henry Cockayne Cust (1780-1861)
Category
Art / Silhouettes
Date
1832
Materials
Glass, Paper, Wood
Measurements
140 x 120 mm
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Belton House, Lincolnshire
NT 434205
Summary
Silhouette, The Reverend The Hon. Henry Cockayne Cust (1780-1861). A bust length silhouette of The Hon and Rev. Henry Cockayne Cust (1780-1861) painted in black on white paper. Inscribed on the reverse with name and dated 1832. Shown left profile, a large man with a Roman nose and no chin. Wearing a high neck white collar. Reverend the Hon. Henry Cockayne Cust was born on 28 September 1780. He was the second son of Sir Brownlow Cust, (1744-1807) 1st Baron Brownlow of Belton and Frances Bankes, Lady Brownlow (1756-1847). He married Lady Anna Maria Elizabeth Needham (d.1866), daughter of General Francis Needham, 12th Viscount and 1st Earl of Kilmorey (1748-1832) and Anne Fisher, on 20 June 1816. He graduated with a Master of Arts (M.A.) and was Canon of Windsor. He lived at Cockayne Hatley, Bedfordshire, England. He took the name of Cockayne Cust when he inherited the Cockayne Hatley Estate. His son Henry Francis Cockayne Cust (1819-84) was the father of Adelbert Salusbury Cockayne Cust (1867-1927), 5th Baron Brownlow. He died on 19 May 1861 at age 80.
Marks and inscriptions
The Hon Henry Cust 1832 (signed and dated)