Brownlow Cust, 1st Baron Brownlow FRS (3 December 1744-25 December 1808), known as Sir Brownlow Cust, 4th Baronet, from 1770 to 1776, was a British Tory Member of Parliament. The Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge, known simply as The Royal Society, is a Learned society for science that was founded in 1660 Events 1800 - War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Hohenlinden, French Year 1744 ( MDCCXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 274 - Roman Emperor Aurelian Year 1808 ( MDCCCVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located In the political tradition of some English-speaking countries, the term Tory has referred to a variety of political parties and Creeds since it was A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament.
Brownlow was the son of Sir John Cust, 3rd Baronet, Speaker of the House of Commons, and Etheldred Payne, daughter of Thomas Payne. See also John Cust 1st Earl Brownlow. Sir John Cust 3rd Baronet PC ( 29 August 1718 - 24 January He was educated at Eton and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. Eton College, or just Eton, is a world-famous British Independent school for boys founded in 1440 by King Henry VI. Corpus Christi College (full name The College of Corpus Christi and the Blessed Virgin Mary, often shortened to simply Corpus) is a College of the University In 1766 Brownlow was elected to the House of Commons for Ilchester, a seat he held until 1774, and then represented Grantham between 1774 and 1776. The House of Commons' is the Lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords Ilchester was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 Grantham was a Parliamentary constituency in Lincolnshire, England. The latter year he was raised to the peerage as Baron Brownlow, of Belton in the County of Lincoln. The peerage was chiefly in recognition of his father's services.
Lord Brownlow married firstly Jocosa Katherina Drury, daughter of Sir Thomas Drury, 1st Baronet, in 1770. They had one daughter. After his first wife's early death in 1772 he married secondly Frances Bankes, daughter of Sir Henry Bankes, in 1775. They had six children. Lord Brownlow died in December 1808, aged 64, and was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son John Cust, who was created Earl Brownlow in 1815. John Cust 1st Earl Brownlow, GCH ( 19 August 1779 &ndash 15 September 1853) was a British Peer and Tory politician Baron Brownlow, of Belton in the County of Lincoln is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. His younger son, Edward Cust was created a Baronet in 1876 (see Cust Baronets). Sir Edward Cust 1st Baronet, KCH ( 17 March 1794 &ndash 14 January 1878) was a British soldier politician and courtier There have been two Baronetcies created for members of the Cust family, one in the Baronetage of England and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
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