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BROWNLOW 349 [John Hume Cust, afterwards Home-Cust, and, subsequently, Eger- TON, styki^ ViscovNT Alford, s. and h, ap. by ist wife, i. 15 Oct., and i>ap. 17 Nov. 1 8 12, at St. Marylebone. He was ed. at Eton; matric. at Oxford (Ch. Ch.) 25 June 1838; was subsequently of Magd. Coll., Cambridge; M.A. of that Univ. 1833. By Royal lie, 12 Sep. 1839, he took the name of Home-Cust (on the death of his grandfather, Sir Abraham Hume, according to the disposition of Mrs. Elizabeth Home, of Fairnieside, cousin to Sir Abraham Hume, ist Bart., his great-grandfather), and by another lie, 15 Mar. 1849, the name of Egerton only, on succeeding to the vast estates of the Egerton family by the death of the Dowager Countess of Bridgwater, widow of his great uncle, the 7th Earl. M.P. (Conservative) for Beds 1835-51. He »;., 10 Feb. 1841, at St. Geo., Han. Sq., Marianne Margaret (^), ist da. of Spencer Joshua Alwyne (Compton), 2nd Marquess of Northampton, by Margaret, ist da. and h. of line of William Douglas-Maclean-Clephane, of Torloisk in Scotland. Hed'. v.p., atAshridge Park, Herts, 3, and was bur. 13 Jan. 1851, at Little Gaddesden, aged 38. Will pr. Jan. 1851. His widow, who wasi". 21 June 1817, d'. 9 Feb. 1888, at Ashridge, and was l>ur. at Belton.] EARLDOM. IL >I! BARONY III. S3- 2 and 3. John William Spencer Brownlow (Egerton, afterwards Egerton - Cust), Earl Brownlow, &c. (formerly, 1842-51, J. W, S. B. Cust),C') grandson and h., being s. and h. of J. H. Egerton, sty/ed Viscount Alford, by Marianne Margaret, his wife, abovenamed. He was I'. 2 8 June 1842, in Carlton Gardens, Westm., and was ed. at Eton and at Ch. Ch. Oxford.() By Royal lie, 5 Sep. 1853, he (being then sty/ecJ Viscount Alford) took the name of Egerton only, and by another lie, 6 July 1863, the name of Egerton-Cust. He d. unm., at Mentone, in Italy, 20 Feb., and was l>ur. 2 Mar. 1867, at Belton, aged 24. Will pr. 20 June 1867, under ;^ 160,000. (^) " She was much esteemed and beloved, not only by her relatives but by every- one who knew her. She was most generous," but " did not discriminate character very well. This and her splendid hospitality entailed upon her embarrassments from which she ought to have been free. She was extravagant as well as generous, which is a rare combination Her conversation was brilliant, and she was quick at repartee. I have known cleverer women, but hardly anyone who united in herself so much to make her society prized." (The Hon. F. Leveson Gower's Bygone i'ears; ex inform. Bright Brown). V.G. C^) Both he and his brother were known in the lifetime of their father (who had taken the name of Home-Cuu before their birth) by the name of Cust (only), which name was always retained by the 3rd Earl. (^) He was a Conservative, but supported the Liberal Govt, in the vote of censure on the Danish question in 1864. V.G.