Adelbert Brownlow-Cust, 3rd Earl Brownlow

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters".

Adelbert Wellington Brownlow-Cust, 3rd Earl Brownlow Template:Postnominals (19 August 1844 – 17 March 1921), was a British soldier, courtier and Conservative politician.

Background and education

Brownlow was the second son of John Egerton, Viscount Alford, eldest son and heir apparent of John Cust, 1st Earl Brownlow. His mother was Lady Marianne Margaret, daughter of Spencer Compton, 2nd Marquess of Northampton, generally known as Lady Marian Alford. His father had predeceased his own father in 1851 when Adelbert was only seven years old and thus the earldom and estates had passed to Adelbert's elder brother. Adelbert was educated at Eton.

Political career

In 1866 Brownlow was elected to the House of Commons for North Shropshire.[1] However, he was forced to resign his seat the following year when he succeeded in the earldom of Brownlow (and viscountcy of Alford) on the death of his older brother, and entered the House of Lords. He held office under Lord Salisbury as Parliamentary Secretary to the Local Government Board from 1885 to 1886, as Paymaster General from 1887 to 1889 and as Under-Secretary of State for War from 1889 to 1892 and was admitted to the Privy Council in 1887.[2]

Apart from his political career he was also Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire from 1867 to 1921, a Deputy Lieutenant for Hertfordshire and a Justice of the Peace for Shropshire, Hertfordshire, Lincolnshire and Buckinghamshire.[3] He served as treasurer of the Salop Infirmary in Shrewsbury in 1872.[4]

Military career

Brownlow served with the Grenadier Guards as lieutenant from 1863 to 1866,[5] and was later commanding officer of the Bedfordshire Volunteer Infantry Brigade between 1889 and 1892, and Home Counties Brigade in 1895.[6] He was Honorary Colonel of the 4th Battalion of the Lincolnshire Regiment from 1868 to 1908,[3] of the 2nd Volunteer Battalion of the Bedfordshire Regiment from 1883 to 1901,[3] and of the Lincolnshire Yeomanry and 4th Volunteer Battalion of the Hertfordshire Regiment from 1901.[3] He was awarded the Volunteer Decoration.

Courtier

File:Leighton Brownlow.jpg
The Countess Brownlow by Frederic Leighton, 1879.

Brownlow was a Volunteer Aide-de-Camp to Queen Victoria, Edward VII and George V. He was appointed a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO) in the 1921 New Year Honours for his services to the Royal Household.[7]

Family

Lord Brownlow married Lady Adelaide Chetwynd-Talbot, daughter of Henry Chetwynd-Talbot, 18th Earl of Shrewsbury, in 1868. They had no children. She died in March 1917, aged 73. Lord Brownlow survived her by four years and died in March 1921, aged 75. On his death the Earldom of Brownlow and Viscountcy of Alford became extinct while he was succeeded in his Barony and Baronetcy by his second cousin, Adelbert Cust.

References

<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />

  1. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  2. ↑ Script error: No such module "Citation/CS1".Script error: No such module "London Gazette util".
  3. ↑ a b c d Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  4. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  5. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  6. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  7. ↑ Script error: No such module "Citation/CS1".Script error: No such module "London Gazette util".

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

External links

Template:Error
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/checkTemplate:Succession box/check Member of Parliament for North Shropshire
1866–1867
With: John Ormsby-Gore Template:S-ttl/check 		Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/checkTemplate:Succession box/check Parliamentary Secretary to the
Local Government Board
1885–1886 Template:S-ttl/check 		Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/checkTemplate:Succession box/check Paymaster General
1887–1889 Template:S-ttl/check 		Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/checkTemplate:Succession box/check Under-Secretary of State for War
1889–1892 Template:S-ttl/check 		Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by
Honorary titles
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/checkTemplate:Succession box/check Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire
1867–1921 Template:S-ttl/check 		Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/check Earl Brownlow
1867–1921 Template:S-ttl/check 		Extinct
Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/check Baron Brownlow
1867–1921 Template:S-ttl/check 		Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by

Template:Paymaster General Template:Authority control

Retrieved from "http://debianws.lexgopc.com/wiki143/index.php?title=Adelbert_Brownlow-Cust,_3rd_Earl_Brownlow&oldid=3975902"