Lionel Cust
Sir Lionel Henry Cust
Early life and family
Cust was born in London in January 1859, the son of Sir Reginald Cust (1828–1912), a lawyer, and his wife Lady Elizabeth Bligh, daughter of the 5th Earl of Darnley.[1] He was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge.[2]
In 1895, Cust married Sybil Lyttelton, daughter of George Lyttelton, 4th Baron Lyttelton and Sybella Clive. Her father's family were prominent politicians.[1]
Career
In 1884 he joined the
In 1895 he was appointed Director of the National Portrait Gallery, succeeding the founding director, Sir George Scharf. In the Portrait Gallery Cust's two strongest interests, in art and British nobility, converged. Cust was of aristocratic stock himself and his obituary in The Times described him as a "walking genealogy". During Cust's directorship the Gallery moved to its current premises on St Martin's Place in London.
Upon the accession of
Selected publications
- Albrecht Dürer : a study of his life and work. 1897.
- with Sidney Colvin: History of the Society of Dilettanti. 1898.
- A history of Eton College. 1899.[6]
- Anthony Van Dyck, an historical study of his life and works. 1900.
- Eton college portraits. 1910.
- 'Queen Elizabeth's Kirtle', The Burlington Magazine, 33:189 (December 1918), pp. 196–201, on the Bacton Altar Cloth
- Jerusalem : a historical sketch; illustrated by Benton Fletcher. 1924.
- The Cenci: a study in murder. 1929.
- King Edward VII and his court; some reminiscences. 1930.
References
- ^ a b CUST, Sir Lionel Henry', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007
- ^ "Lionel Cust (CST877LH)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ "No. 27336". The London Gazette. 23 July 1901. p. 4838.
- ^ "No. 27291". The London Gazette. 5 March 1901. p. 1576.
- ^ "No. 27346". The London Gazette. 16 August 1901. p. 5409.
- ^ "Review of Fasti Etonenses by A. C. Benson & A History of Eton College by Lionel Cust". The Athenæum (3767): 8–9. 6 January 1900.
- L. Binyon, rev. C. Lloyd, Cust, Sir Lionel Henry (1859–1929), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography(2004).
External links
Works by or about Lionel Cust at Wikisource
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