Henry (Harry) John Cockayne-Cust (1861 – 1917) was an English journalist and poet, and a Member of Parliament for the Unionist Party (i. Year 1861 ( MDCCCLXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. e. Conservative Party), for Stamford, Lincolnshire 1890-1895, and for Bermondsey, 1900-1906. The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Stamford was a constituency in the county of Lincolnshire of the House of Commons for the Parliament of England to 1706 then of the Bermondsey was a Borough constituency centred on the Bermondsey district of South London.
He was born to Sara Jane Cookson and Henry Francis Cockayne-Cust,[1] and was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge, and then was called to the Bar. Eton College, or just Eton, is a world-famous British Independent school for boys founded in 1440 by King Henry VI. Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England. He edited the Pall Mall Gazette from 1892 to 1896. The Pall Mall Gazette was an evening newspaper founded in London on February 7 1865.
Cust was one of The Souls, and attached to Pamela Wyndham (who later married Edward Tennant). The Souls were a small loosely-knit but distinctive social group in England, from 1885 to about 1920 The Souls were a small loosely-knit but distinctive social group in England, from 1885 to about 1920 Edward Priaulx Tennant 1st Baron Glenconner ( 31 May 1859 &ndash 21 November 1920) known as Sir Edward Tennant 2nd Baronet, from Others in the clique were Margot Asquith, Arthur Balfour, George Curzon, Alfred Lyttelton, Godfrey Webb, and George Wyndham. Margot Asquith Countess of Oxford & Asquith, born Emma Alice Margaret Tennant ( February 2, 1864 &ndash July 28, 1945) was an Arthur James Balfour 1st Earl of Balfour, KG, OM, PC (25 July 1848 - 19 March 1930 was a British Conservative politician and George Nathaniel Curzon 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, KG, GCSI, GCIE, PC ( 11 January 1859 &ndash 20 March Alfred Lyttelton (7 February 1857 in London – 5 July 1913 in London was a British politician and sportsman who excelled at both football and Cricket. George Wyndham ( 29 August 1863 &ndash 8 June 1913) was an English Political figure. He had a reputation as a womaniser, and was the reputed natural father of socialite and philanthropist Lady Diana Cooper, by the Duchess of Rutland. In Common law, legitimacy is the status of a Child that is born to parents who are legally married to one another or that is born shortly after the Diana Olivia Winifred Maud Cooper Viscountess Norwich ( August 29, 1893 &ndash June 16, 1986) was a British socialite and actress See Margaret Lindsay (1726 - 1782 for the wife of Allan Ramsay, and Margaret Lindsay for the film actress also of this name Cust has been rumoured to be the natural father of Beatrice Stephenson Roberts, the mother of British prime minister Margaret Thatcher but there is no real evidence for this (although it amused Lady Diana Cooper to refer to Mrs. Margaret Hilda Thatcher Baroness Thatcher LG, OM, PC, FRS (born 13 October 1925 Thatcher as her niece). [2].
As the result of a purported pregnancy, he married in 1893 Emmeline Mary Elizabeth Welby-Gregory (1867 - 1955), known as Nina, who was the daughter of Victoria, Lady Welby. Victoria Lady Welby (1837&ndash1912 more correctly Lady Welby-Gregory was a self-educated English Philosopher of language, whose writings are mainly of interest The pregnancy was either false or a misrepresentation, and the couple, whose marriage was thereafter contentious, did not have any children. Nina Cust was a translator and editor of her mother's papers. She and her husband are buried together in Belton, Lincolnshire, with a monument designed by her. Belton is small hamlet situated about three miles north of Grantham, Lincolnshire, and notable for De Vere Belton Woods Resort and Belton House
During World War I Cust was active in propaganda on behalf of the British Government. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All Propaganda is a concerted set of messages aimed at influencing the opinions or behaviors of large numbers of people Her Majesty's Government, or when the monarch is male His Majesty's Government, is the title used by the Government of the United Kingdom, based at
| Preceded by Edward Tyas Cook |
Editor of The Pall Mall Gazette 1892 - 1896 |
Succeeded by Douglas Straight |
Footnotes
- ^ Ancestry of Harry Cust
- ^ John Campbell The Grocer's Daughter
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