William Cust

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William Cust in 1805, painted by his older sister Elizabeth Cust

William Cust (23 January 1787 – 3 March 1845), was a British barrister and Member of Parliament (MP). He also served as Commissioner of Customs.

Cust was a younger son of

Chiltern Hundreds.[4]

Cust married Sophia, daughter of Thomas Newnham, in 1819. One of their sons, the Very Reverend Arthur Purey-Cust, was Dean of York. Arthur's son Sir Herbert Edward Purey-Cust was an Admiral in the Royal Navy. William Cust died in March 1845, aged 58. His wife survived him by almost forty years and died in January 1884.[1]

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 0-9711966-2-1
    .
  2. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 3)
  3. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 4)
  4. ^ "No. 17848". The London Gazette. 31 August 1822. p. 1425.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Lincolnshire
1816–1818
With: Charles Anderson-Pelham 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Edward Wilbraham-Bootle
 Member of Parliament for Clitheroe
1818–1822
With: Robert Curzon 		Succeeded by


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