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So much of the Cust strain entered England's peerage that from such a number of cradles there gazed babies with eyes like large sapphires instead of the black boot buttons of their legal fathers.
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A long-standing rumour has held that Cust had an affair with a servant at Belton House called Phoebe Stephenson, who consequently gave birth to a daughter named Beatrice, who having married
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and to the extensive Cust estates centred on Belton House. However, having predeceased the 3rd Earl by three years, the inheritance fell to his surviving younger brother
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Marble monument with recumbent effigy of Harry Cust, sculpted by his widow "Nina" Welby-Gregory, who was an artist. Arms of Cust impaling Welby on wall.
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He died in 1917 of a heart attack at his home in Hyde Park Gate, London. As the most senior male relative of his childless second cousin
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efforts on behalf of the British Government. In August 1914, he founded the Central Committee for National Patriotic Organizations.
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Adelbert Brownlow-Cust, 3rd Earl Brownlow, 3rd Viscount Alford, 4th Baron Brownlow, 7th Baronet
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in an elaborate white marble monument with a recumbent effigy of Harry Cust, sculpted by her.
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Emmeline "Nina" Welby-Gregory (1867–1955), wife of Harry Cust. 1890s portrait by
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An annual Cust Lecture "on some important current topic relating to the
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As the result of a purported pregnancy, he married on 11 October 1893
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in 1900 and served until 1906. During this time, he also served as a
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in 1888, but he ultimately decided to enter politics. He won a
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Adelbert Cockayne-Cust, 5th Baron Brownlow, 8th Baronet
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Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
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He later won a seat in the constituency of 132:Emmeline Mary Elizabeth (Nina) Welby-Gregory 1099:Politics of the London Borough of Southwark 727:The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 571: 556:His best-known lovechild was the socialite 546: 291:in 1890 and served in Parliament until the 839:It came to light in 2009 that Diana's son 49: 949:contributions in Parliament by Henry Cust 500:Learn how and when to remove this message 166:Adelbert Brownlow-Cust, 3rd Earl Brownlow 843:was the biological father of the writer 841:John Julius Cooper, 2nd Viscount Norwich 793: 789: 787: 785: 682: 511: 211:(10 October 1861 – 2 March 1917) was an 188: 173: 817:Rylance-Watson, Alice (21 April 2021). 14: 1076: 533:Sir William Welby-Gregory, 4th Baronet 338:. 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He was romantically involved with 810: 326:, a prominent social group in late- 24: 1124:Deputy lieutenants of Bedfordshire 892: 562:Henry Manners, 8th Duke of Rutland 348:George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon 263:where he served as captain of the 25: 1155: 925:Works by Henry John Cockayne Cust 906: 797:"Cust, Henry John Cockayne"  241:Brownlow Cust, 1st Baron Brownlow 958:Parliament of the United Kingdom 911: 458: 275:and second-class honours in the 1094:People educated at Eton College 875: 853: 833: 469:needs additional citations for 259:Cust received his education at 757: 732: 719: 707: 694: 676: 651: 13: 1: 636:appeared in 1918, printed in 430:(1844–1921), he had been the 381:In 1892, Cust was invited by 180:St Peter and St Paul's Church 934:Works by or about Harry Cust 794:Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1922). 644: 271:, where he graduated with a 7: 688:A Cambridge Alumni Database 449: 10: 1160: 690:. University of Cambridge. 269:Trinity College, Cambridge 230: 55:Harry Cust, photograph by 29: 1139:British newspaper editors 1129:English newspaper editors 1062: 1050: 1042: 1037: 1027: 1008: 1000: 990: 971: 963: 956: 900:The Marlborough House Set 615: 595: 376:Beatrice Ethel Stephenson 254: 161: 149: 138: 127: 119: 105: 89: 63: 48: 41: 1134:English male journalists 659:"Ancestry of Harry Cust" 629:to commemorate his work. 627:University of Nottingham 584:, became the mother of 572:Lady Thatcher (rumoured) 547:Illegitimate descendants 421: 293:general election of 1895 239:, a younger grandson of 201:Henry John Cockayne-Cust 68:Henry John Cockayne Cust 803:Encyclopædia Britannica 537:Victoria Stuart-Wortley 145:(illegitimate daughter) 613: 520: 289:Stamford, Lincolnshire 197: 186: 184:Belton, South Kesteven 920:at Wikimedia Commons 883:Marlborough House Set 715:The Grocer's Daughter 625:" was endowed in the 609: 605:Marlborough House Set 580:, a grocer in nearby 515: 414:, Cust was active in 383:William Waldorf Astor 322:Cust was a member of 192: 177: 123:Politician and editor 1011:Member of Parliament 974:Member of Parliament 478:improve this article 334:, who later married 305:Justice of the Peace 267:. 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Index

Henry Cust
Henry Cockayne-Cust

Cyril Flower
London
Trinity College
Cambridge
Emmeline Mary Elizabeth (Nina) Welby-Gregory
Lady Diana Manners
Henry Cockayne-Cust
Adelbert Brownlow-Cust, 3rd Earl Brownlow

St Peter and St Paul's Church
Belton, South Kesteven

JP
DL
English
editor
Member of Parliament
Unionist Party
Henry Cockayne-Cust
Brownlow Cust, 1st Baron Brownlow
Belton House
Grantham
Eton College
Oppidans
Trinity College, Cambridge
Bachelor of Arts
Classical Tripos

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