Adelbert Wellington Brownlow Cust (1844 - 1921)

Born 19 Aug 1844 in Lowndes Street, London, England

Ancestors

Husband of Adelaide (Chetwynd-Talbot) Cust — married 22 Jun 1868 in Glendale, Northumberland, England

Died 17 Mar 1921 at age 76 in Belton, Lincolnshire, England

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Biography

Adelbert was born in 1844. He was the son of John Cust and Marianne Compton.

• Baptised 23 October 1844 at Belton by Grantham, Lincolnshire, England

He passed away at Belton House, Belton, Lincolnshire, England in 1921.

Ashridge House "It was the 3rd Earl Brownlow and Lady Adelaide who controlled the estate in its heyday from 1867 to 1921. That was a period in which the entire estate was managed in a highly business-like manner, and when the house itself was the scene of much entertaining and many society occasions. Some events were attended by royalty, including the Shah of Persia in 1889."^[1]

"When the 3rd Earl Brownlow died a widower and childless in March 1921, he left 58,000 acres spread across the country, including the Ashridge estate, which stradles the Herts-Beds border to the west of Harpenden. No doubt the residents of Little Gaddesden and the other Chilterns villages within the estate expected the property to pass to an heir. Instead, the earl’s will directed that the house and land, which had been owned by the same family since 1604, should be sold. The possible breakup of one of the country’s finest estates caused considerable disquiet and uncertainty, not least in the estate’s villages, where many of the tenants either worked for or supplied goods and services to Ashridge."^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ THE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS THAT LED ASHRIDGE TO TODAY
2. ↑ Saving Ashridge - how the fate of the National Trust estate could have been very different

• "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NG8S-XPP : 11 February 2018, Adelbert Wellington Brownlon Cust, 23 Oct 1844); citing , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 421,916.
• England, Select Marriages, 1538-1973

Name Adelbert Wellington Brownlow Gender Male Marriage Date 22 Jun 1868 Marriage Place Parish Records and Dissenters,Ford,Northumberland,England Spouse Adelaide Talbot FHL Film Number 252559, 94992

• GRO Reference (death age 77) : 1921 M Quarter in GRANTHAM Volume 07A Page 560
• Debrett, John, C. F. J. Hankinson, and Arthur G. M. Hesilrige. Debretts peerage, baronetage, knightage, and companionage ...: comprises information concerning persons bearing hereditary or courtesy titles, privy councillors, knights, companions of the various orders, and the collateral branches of all peers and baronets. London: Odhams Press, 1947.
• Wikipedia biography [1]
• 1891 England Census
• 1911 England Census