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1803 Baron BROWNLOW, Brownlow Cust, of Belton House, Grantham , his Aunt Lucy's Estates, Hunts. A Document being an undertaking by Lord Brownlow in connection with his Aunts Estates under the will of the Late Lady Cust. Document dated 15th April 1803 and signed "Brownlow".

Lucy Cust (who died in 1804) was the youngest sister of Francis Cockayne Cust and a member of the prominent Cust family (Barons Brownlow), who held historical manorial and land estates across multiple counties, including Farcet and Stanground in Huntingdonshire, alongside properties in Bedfordshire and Lincolnshire.

Historical Context of the Cust Family Estates

Farcet & Huntingdonshire Holdings: The Cust family records include historic land administration, manorial rights, and property holdings in Farcet and neighboring Stanground within the historic county of Huntingdonshire

The Succession: Following the death of her brother Francis in 1791, Lucy Cust managed and resided partly at the family's Cockayne Hatley and Grantham properties before passing the entail and estate administration down to her great-nephew, the Hon. and Rev. Henry Cockayne Cust.

Archival Records: Detailed documents regarding Lucy Cust's administration, land deeds, and manorial property transactions across Farcet, Huntingdonshire, and other regional parishes are preserved within major repository collections like The National Archives and local county record offices

Brownlow Cust, 1st Baron Brownlow FRS FSA (3 December 1744 – 25 December 1807), of Belton House near Grantham in Lincolnshire (known as Sir Brownlow Cust, 4th Baronet, from 1770 to 1776), was a British Tory Member of Parliament.

Origins

He was the son and heir of Sir John Cust, 3rd Baronet (1718–1770), Speaker of the House of Commons, by his wife Etheldreda Payne, a daughter of Thomas Payne of Hough-on-the-Hill, Lincolnshire.

Career

Cust was educated at Eton College and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.[2] In 1766 he was elected as a Member of Parliament for Ilchester in Somerset, a seat he held until 1774, and then represented Grantham between 1774 and 1776, in which year he was raised to the peerage as Baron Brownlow, "of Belton in the County of Lincoln".[3] The peerage was chiefly in recognition of his father's services, and the name of his title refers to his paternal grandmother Anne Brownlow (Lady Cust), sister and heiress in her issue of John Brownlow, 1st Viscount Tyrconnel, of Belton House, and wife of Sir Richard Cust, 2nd Baronet. In 1776 he was made a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London and in 1783 was made a Fellow of the Royal Society.

Belton House

Belton House, near Grantham, Lincolnshire, inherited in 1779 by 1st Baron Brownlow In 1779 Cust inherited Belton House, near Grantham in Lincolnshire, under the will of his paternal grandmother, Anne Brownlow (Lady Cust), wife of Sir Richard Cust, 2nd Baronet and sister, and in her issue heiress, of John Brownlow, 1st Viscount Tyrconnel (1690–1754), of Belton House