Reginald Cust

Sir Reginald John Cust (1828 – 11 June 1913) was a barrister of Lincoln's Inn, judge, and Chief Commissioner of the West India Incumbered Estates Commission.[1] He was knighted in the 1890 Birthday Honours.[2]

Origins

He was a son of Rev. Hon. Henry Cockayne Cust (1780-1861), of Cockayne Hatley in Bedfordshire, a Canon of Windsor,[3] a younger son of Brownlow Cust, 1st Baron Brownlow of Belton House in Lincolnshire. His mother was Lady Anna Maria Elizabeth Needham, a daughter of General Francis Needham, 1st Earl of Kilmorey.

Marriage and children

He married Lady Elizabeth Caroline Bligh (1830-1914), a historian and genealogist, a daughter of Edward Bligh, 5th Earl of Darnley[3] of Cobham Hall in Kent. The Bligh family was the heir of the Stewarts of Cobham Hall, Dukes of Richmond and Lennox, Earls of Darnley, Seigneurs d'Aubigny in France and cousins of the Stuart monarchs, the last in the male line of whom was Charles Stewart, 3rd Duke of Richmond, 6th Duke of Lennox (1639-1672). She was the author of (as "Lady Elizabeth Cust") Some Account of the Stuarts of Aubigny, in France, London, 1891[4] and of Records of the Cust family of Pinchbeck, Stamford and Belton in Lincolnshire, 1479-1700, 3 vols, 1898. By his wife he had issue including:

  • Sir Lionel Henry Cust (1859-1929), a royal courtier, antiquary and art expert who served as Surveyor of the King's Pictures.

Reginald Cust died in London on 11 June 1913.[5]

Selected publications

See also

References

  1. https://archive.org/details/atreatiseonwest01indigoog/page/n9
  2. Shaw, William Arthur. (1970). The Knights of England: A Complete Record from the Earliest Time to the Present Day &c. Vol. I. Clearfield. p. 387. ISBN 978-0-8063-0443-4.
  3. "Rev. Hon. Henry Cockayne Cust". The Peerage. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  4. https://archive.org/details/someaccountstua00custgoog/page/n9/mode/2up
  5. "Cust". London Standard. 14 June 1913. p. 1. Retrieved 31 March 2020 via NewspaperArchive.


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