Captain, The Hon. Charles Henry Cust (1813-1875)

Sir Martin Archer Shee, PRA (Dublin 1769 – Brighton 1850). Oil painting on canvas, Captain the Hon Charles Henry Cust (1813- 1875) by Sir Martin Archer Shee, PRA (Dublin 1769 – Brighton 1850). Half-length portrait of a man, head turned slightly to the right, in cuirass and military uniform of the Royal Horse Guards. Hon. Charles Henry Cust was born on 27 September 1813. He was the son of John Cust, 1st Earl Brownlow (1779-1853) and Amelia Sophia Hume (1787/8-1814) He married Caroline Sophia Macdonald (d.1887), daughter of Ranald George Macdonald of Clanranald and Moidart and of Benbecula (1788-1873) and Lady Caroline Anne Edgcumbe (d.1824), on 8 September 1842. He was a Captain in the Royal Horse Guards. MP for North Shropshire. Child of Hon. Charles Henry Cust and Caroline Sophia Macdonald 1.Alice Marian (1845-1919) married Lt.-Col. Allan Roger Charles Porcelli-Cust Charles Henry Cust died on 23 May 1875 at age 61. Belton House, Lincolnshire (Accredited Museum)