Edward Cust

Edward Cust

Sir Edward Cust, 1st Baronet, KCH (17 March 1794 – 14 January 1878) was a British soldier, politician and courtier.

Cust was a younger son of the 1st Baron Brownlow and was educated at the Royal Military College. In 1810, he joined the 16th Regiment of Light Dragoons as a cadet and was Captain of the 5th Regiment of Dragoon Guards from 1816 and Major of the 55th Regiment of Foot from 1821.

From 1818, Cust sat in Parliament as MP for Grantham until 1826 and then for Lostwithiel from 1826-32. In 1831, he was awarded the KCH by William IV for his military service, and in 1835 he was appointed as one of the Royal Commissioners for reporting on the plans offered by competitors for rebuilding the Houses of Parliament.

In 1845, Queen Victoria appointed him Assistant Master of the Ceremonies and was promoted as Master of the Ceremonies in 1847. In 1876, he was made a baronet.

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* [http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/ Cracroft's Peerage]
* [http://www.gazette-online.co.uk/ The London Gazette]


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