Sir Brownlow Cust, 1st Baron Brownlow FSA, FRS, MP (1744 – 1807)
attributed to Joseph Wright of Derby (Derby 1734 - Derby 1797)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1770
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
980 x 890 mm
Order this imageCollection
Belton House, Lincolnshire
NT 436064
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Sir Brownlow Cust, 7th Bt, 1st Baron Brownlow FSA, FRS, MP (1744 – 1807), attributed to Joseph Wright of Derby ARA (Derby 1734 - Derby 1797). A half-length portrait of a young man, facing, head turned to the right, gazing to the right, short brown hair, dressed as a Gentleman Commoner of Cambridge University, in blue coat and waistcoat with gold buttons and Academy robes. Brownlow Cust, 1st Baron Brownlow of Belton was born on 3 December 1744 at Norfolk Street, Westminster. 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 (F.S.A.) 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.
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
attributed to Joseph Wright of Derby (Derby 1734 - Derby 1797), artist previously catalogued as attributed to Tilly Kettle (1735 - Aleppo 1786), artist