John Cust, 1st Earl Brownlow, GCH, FRS, MP (1779-1853)
Sir Martin Archer Shee (Dublin 1769 - Brighton 1850)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1835 - 1838
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
740 x 620 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Belton House, Lincolnshire
NT 436206
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, John Cust, 1st Earl Brownlow, GCH, FRS, MP (1779-1853) by Sir Martin Archer Shee, PRA (Dublin 1769 – Brighton 1850), 1835/1838. A half-length portrait, turned to the left, gazing at the spectator, in a black coat, white collar and stock with the Grand Cross and sash of the Hanoverian Order.He was the son of Brownlow Cust, 1st Baron Brownlow of Belton (1744-1807) and Frances Bankes (1756-1847). He married, firstly, Amelia Sophia Hume (1787/8-1814), daughter of Sir Abraham Hume, 2nd Bt and Lady Amelia Egerton, on 24 July 1810 at St. George's Church, Hanover Square, secondly Caroline Fludyer (1793/4-1824), daughter of George Fludyer and Lady Mary Fane, on 22 September 1818 at Ayston, Rutland, and. thirdly Lady Emma Sophia Edgcumbe (1792-1872), daughter of Richard Edgcumbe, 2nd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe and Lady Sophia Hobart, on 17 July 1828 at St. George's Church, Hanover Square, London. He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge he graduated, in 1801 with an M.A. He was a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. MP (Tory) for Clitheroe 1802 and 1807. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society, 2 May 1805 and succeeded to the title of 2nd Baron Brownlow of Belton on 25 December 1807. Lord-Lieutenant of Lincolnshire, 1809 and 1852. Created 1st Viscount Alford of Alford on 17 November 1815 and 1st Earl Brownlow on 17 November 1815. Became a Knight Grand Cross, of the Hanoverian Order in 1834. Was President of the Royal Archaeological Society 1841-1849. He died on 15 September 1853 at age 74 at Belton.
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
Sir Martin Archer Shee (Dublin 1769 - Brighton 1850), artist