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Adelbert Wellington Brownlow Cust, 3rd Earl Brownlow:
Born 19 August 1844, died 17 March 1921, second son of John Egerton, Viscount Alford, and Lady Marianne Margaret, daughter of Spencer Compton, 2nd Marquess of Northampton. He married Lady Adelaide Chetwynd-Talbot, daughter of Henry Chetwynd-Talbot, 18th Earl of Shrewsbury, in 1868.
Educated at Eton, Adelbert started out as a military man in the Foot Gaurds, where he became a lieutenant in 1863, was also commanding officer of the Bedfordshire Volunteer Infantry Brigade between 1889 and 1892. Was made Honorary Colonel of the Hertfordshire Battalion of the Bedfordshire Regiment, of the 4th Battalion of the Lincolnshire Regiment and of the Lincolnshire Yeomanry, and was awarded the Volunteer Decoration.
Adelbert was Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire from 1867 to 1921, Parliamentary Secretary to the Local Government Board from 1885 to 1886, Paymaster-General from 1887 to 1889, Under-Secretary of State for War from 1889 to 1892, and was admitted to the Privy Council in 1887. | Subjects: | Country Estates Church Of England Parishes Religion & Beliefs | Temporal: | 1865-1914 | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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