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Biography of John Cust 3rd Baronet 1718-1770

Paternal Family Tree: Cust

Before 1717 [his father] Richard Cust 2nd Baronet (age 36) and [his mother] Anne Brownlow Lady Cust (age 22) were married. She by marriage Lady Cust of Stamford in Lincolnshire.

On 29th August 1718 John Cust 3rd Baronet was born to Richard Cust 2nd Baronet (age 37) and Anne Brownlow Lady Cust (age 24).

On 25th July 1734 [his father] Richard Cust 2nd Baronet (age 53) died. He was buried at St George's Church, Stamford. His son John (age 15) succeeded 3rd Baronet Cust of Stamford in Lincolnshire.

In 1741 Enoch "The Younger" Seeman (age 47). Portrait of the Cust Family. From left to right … [his brother] Francis Cockayne-Cust (age 19), [his brother] William Cust (age 21) seated wearing a blue coat, [his sister] Jane Cust (age 16), [his brother] Peregrine Cust (age 18), [his uncle] Savile Cockayne-Cust (age 59) seated stroking a dalmatian, [his brother] Richard Cust (age 15), John Cust 3rd Baronet (age 22) holding a miniature of his new wife [his future wife] Etheldreda Payne Lady Cust (age 21), [his mother] Anne Brownlow Lady Cust (age 47) wears a black widow's hood and lace-trimmed kerchief, kept in place by a band attached to the robings of a closed blue damask gown, [his sister] Lucy Cust (age 9), Jane Cust pouring tea, and, lastly, [his sister] Dorothy Cust (age 12).

In 1743 John Cust 3rd Baronet (age 24) was elected MP Grantham.

On 30th July 1743 [his son-in-law] Philip Yorke and [his daughter] Elizabeth Cust were married.

On 8th December 1743 John Cust 3rd Baronet (age 25) and Etheldreda Payne Lady Cust (age 23) were married. She by marriage Lady Cust of Stamford in Lincolnshire.

On 3rd December 1744 [his son] Brownlow Cust 1st Baron Brownlow was born to John Cust 3rd Baronet (age 26) and [his wife] Etheldreda Payne Lady Cust (age 24).

On 27th February 1754 [his uncle] John Brownlow 1st Viscount Tyconnel (age 63) died. Viscount Tyconnel, Baronet Brownlow of Humby in Lincolnshire extinct. John Cust 3rd Baronet (age 35) inherited Belton House [Map].

In 1761 John Cust 3rd Baronet (age 42) was elected Speaker of the House of Commons.

In 1762 John Cust 3rd Baronet (age 43) was appointed Privy Council.

On 24th January 1770 John Cust 3rd Baronet (age 51) died. His son [his son] Brownlow (age 25) succeeded 4th Baronet Cust of Stamford in Lincolnshire and inherited Belton House [Map].

Monument in St Peter and St Paul Church, Belton [Map]. Sculpted by William Tyler (age 41).

In 1775 [his former wife] Etheldreda Payne Lady Cust (age 55) died.

[his daughter] Daughters x 2 Cust was born to John Cust 3rd Baronet and Etheldreda Payne Lady Cust.

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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

[his daughter] Elizabeth Cust was born to John Cust 3rd Baronet and Etheldreda Payne Lady Cust.

Ancestors of John Cust 3rd Baronet 1718-1770

Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Cust 1st Baronet

GrandFather: Pury Cust

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Pury

Great x 1 Grandmother: Beatrice Pury Lady Dering

Father: Richard Cust 2nd Baronet

Great x 1 Grandfather: Edward Woodcock

GrandMother: Ursula Woodcock

John Cust 3rd Baronet

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Brownlow

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Brownlow 1st Baronet

Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Brownlow 2nd Baronet

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Duncombe

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Duncombe

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Bennett

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Bennett

GrandFather: William Brownlow 4th Baronet

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Freke of Iwerne Courtney

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Freke

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Swayne

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Freke of Stretton in Dorset

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Taylor of Burton Bradstock

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Taylor

Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Freke Lady Brownlow

Mother: Anne Brownlow Lady Cust

Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Mason

GrandMother: Dorothy Mason Baroness Brownlow

Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Long

Great x 3 Grandfather: Walter Long

Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Thynne

Great x 2 Grandfather: James Long 2nd Baronet

Great x 1 Grandmother: Anna Margaret Long