Peregrine cust biography of william hill

Family and Education

b. 13 Aug. 1791, 5th s.

Edward cust

of Brownlow Cust^†, 1st Baron Brownlow, by 2nd w., and bro. of Hon. Edward Cust, Hon. John Cust*, and Hon. William Cust*. m. (1) 9 Oct. 1823, Lady Isabella Mary Montagu Scott (d. 9 Oct. 1829), da.

of Charles William Montagu Scott*, 4th Duke of Buccleuch [S], 3s. 2da.; (2) 15 Jan. 1833, Hon. Sophia Mary Townshend (d. 6 Dec. 1852), da. of John Thomas Townshend*, 2nd Visct. Sydney, s.p.; (3) 20 Aug. 1860, Frances, da.

of Charles Steer of Chichester, Suss., wid.

Sir john cust

of Augustus Frederick Keppel^†, 5th Earl of Albemarle, s.p.

Offices Held

Cornet 3 Drag. Gds. 1808, lt. 1810; capt. 60 Ft. 1811, 3 Drag. Gds. 1812, half-pay 1814-15; capt. 3 Drag.

Cust family

Gds. 1815, half-pay 1816, lt.-col. (ret.) 1846.

Biography

Cust served in the Peninsula from 1809 until 1814, when he went on half-pay. Four years later, on the hustings at the venal borough of Honiton, whither he was directed by government, he proc