Adelbert Wellington Brownlow Cust, 3rd Earl Brownlow (1844-1921)
Annie Dixon (Horncastle 1817 - 1901)
Category
Art / Miniatures
Date
Unknown
Materials
Watercolour on ivory
Measurements
90 mm (Width)
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Belton House, Lincolnshire
NT 435995
Summary
Portrait miniature, watercolour painting on ivory, Adelbert Wellington Brownlow Cust, 3rd Earl Brownlow (1844-1921) by Annie Dixon (Horncastle 1817 – 1901). Circular. Signed and dated 1869 on the reverse. Half-length portrait, of a man turned to the right, right profile, wearing a grey smoking-jacket with blue quilted facings. Blue eyes, brown hair and bheard, fresh complexion. Panelled background, lare porcelain jar to the right. Adelbert Wellington Brownlow Cust, 3rd Earl Brownlow was born on 19 August 1844 at Lowndes Street, London. He was the son of John Hume Egerton, Viscount Alford (1812-1851) and Lady Marian Margaret Compton (1817-1888). He married on 22 June 1868 at Ford Castle, Northumberland, Lady Adelaide Chetwynd-Talbot (1844/5-1917), daughter of Henry John Chetwynd-Talbot, 18th Earl of Shrewsbury and Lady Sarah Elizabeth Beresford. He was educated at Eton. Was MP (Conservative) for North Shropshire between 1866 and 1867. Lord-Lieutenant of Lincolnshire in 1867. Succeeded: to the title of 4th Baron Brownlow of Belton on 20 February 1867; to the title of 3rd Viscount Alford of Alford on 20 February 1867; to the title of 3rd Earl Brownlow on 20 February 1867.He was Parliamentary Secretary to the Local Government Board between 1885 and 1886 and invested as a Privy Counsellor in 1887. Was Paymaster-General between 1887 and 1889, and Under-Secretary of State for War between 1889 and 1892. He was Volunteer Aide-de-Camp to Queen Victoria in 1897.Volunteer Aide-de-Camp to King Edward VII, and Volunteer Aide-de-Camp to King George V. He was made Knight Grand Cross, Royal Victorian Order (G.C.V.O.) in 1921.He was a Trustee of the National Gallery. He died on 17 March 1921 at age 76 at Belton, without issue. On his death, the Earldom of Brownlow and Viscountancy of Alford became extinct.
Makers and roles
Annie Dixon (Horncastle 1817 - 1901), artist