Ashridge Park with Adelbert Wellington Brownlow Cust, later 3rd Earl Brownlow, GCVO, PC, MP (1844-1921) and Christopher John Hume Tower (1841-1923), practicing archery
Lady Sophia Frances Cust, Lady Tower (1811-1882).
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
Aug 1850
Materials
Paper
Measurements
255 mm (Width); 180 mm (Length)
Place of origin
Ashridge
Order this imageCollection
Belton House, Lincolnshire
NT 436250
Summary
Watercolour on paper, Ashridge Park with Adelbert Wellington Brownlow Cust, later 3rd Earl Brownlow, GCVO, PC, MP (1844-1921) and Christopher John Hume Tower (1841-1923), practicing archery by Lady Sophia Frances Cust, Lady Tower (1811-1882). Ashridge Park in 1850 with Adelbert Cust and C.J.H Tower practising archery. Inscribed in pencil Hanks A Cust. C.J.H. Tower Ashridge Aug 1850. C.J.H. Tower was Lady Cust's son Christopher, Adelbert Cust her nephew, the future 3rd Earl Brownlow.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. Christopher John Hume Tower was born in 1841. He was the son of Christopher Theron Tower (1804-1884) and Lady Sophia Frances Cust (1811-1882). He married Cecilia Tower (1848-1935), daughter of Reverend Robert Beauchamp Tower. He died in 1923
Marks and inscriptions
Haks A Cust/ CJH Tower Ashridge Aug 1850 (in pencil)
Makers and roles
Lady Sophia Frances Cust, Lady Tower (1811-1882)., artist