The Reverend The Hon. Henry Cockayne Cust (1780-1861)
John Hoppner, RA (London 1758 – London 1810)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1800
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1110 x 960 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Belton House, Lincolnshire
NT 436060
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, The Reverend The Hon. Henry Cockayne Cust (1780-1861) by John Hoppner RA (London 1758 – London 1810). A half-length portrait of a young man, turned to the left, gazing at the spectator, short blond hair, wearing a brown coat and white linen cravat. The sitter was the second son of Sir Brownlow Cust, 1st Baron Brownlow of Belton (1744-1807) 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 (MA) 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, 5th Baron Brownlow (1867-1927) . He died on 19 May 1861 at age 80.
Provenance
Purchased with a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF) from Edward John Peregrine Cust, 7th Baron Brownlow, C. St J. (b.1936) in 1984
Credit line
Belton House, The Brownlow Collection (acquired with the help of the National Heritage Memorial Fund by the National Trust in 1984)
Makers and roles
John Hoppner, RA (London 1758 – London 1810), publisher