Ancestry of Harry Cust

compiled by William Addams Reitwiesner


The following material on the immediate ancestry of Harry Cust (1861-1917) should not be considered either exhaustive or authoritative, but rather as a first draft.

Some recent articles, such as the one by Maurice Chittenden in the 25 October 1998 issue of The Sunday Times, at one time available on the Web at http://www.times-archive.co.uk/news/pages/sti/1998/10/25/stinwenws02033.html, suggest that, in 1887 or 1888, Harry Cust ravished one of the domestic servants at his family estate, Belton House, near Grantham, in Lincolnshire. This domestic servant, a Mrs Phoebe Stephenson, then gave birth to his child, a daughter named Beatrice, in 1888, and this Beatrice Stephenson later married a Grantham grocer named Alfred Roberts, and their daughter Margaret married Denis Thatcher, and became the British Prime Minister. If this connection is correct, then Harry Cust, elder brother of the 5th Baron Brownlow, was a grandfather of Margaret Thatcher.

A few years later, Harry Cust appears to have fathered one of the children of the Marchioness of Granby, later the Duchess of Rutland. The child later became famous as Lady Diana Cooper.





William Addams Reitwiesner

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Ancestry of Harry Cust
1 Henry John Cockayne-Cust ("Harry Cust"), editor of the Pall Mall Gazette, b. ... 10 Oct. 1861, d. ... 2 March 1917
PARENTS
2 Henry Francis Cust, from 14 Dec. 1861 (R.L.) Cockayne-Cust, of Cockayne Hatley, co. Beds., b. ... 15 Sept. 1819, d. ... 5 Apr. 1884
m. ... 5 Aug. 1852
3 Sara Jane Cookson, b. ... , d. ... 14 Sept. 1867 [LG 1939:477]
GRANDPARENTS
4 Rev. Henry Cockayne Cust, of Cockayne Hatley, co. Beds., b. ... 28 Sept. 1780, d. ... 19 May 1861
m. ... 20 June 1816
5 Anna Maria Needham, b. ... 23 March 1790, d. ... 29 May 1866
6 Isaac Cookson, of Meldon Park, co. Northumberland, High Sheriff of Northumberland, b. ... 1776, d. ... 8 Oct. 1851 [BC II:507; LG 1939:476]
m. ... 17 Jan. 1805
7 Jane Cooke, b. ... , d. ...
GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
8 Brownlow Cust, 1st Baron Brownlow, b. Norfolk Str., Strand, in St. Clement Danes, Westminster, 3 Dec. 1744, d. Belton, co. Lincoln, 25 Dec. 1807 [NCP II:347]
m. St. James's, Westminster, 31 Aug. 1775
9 Frances Bankes, b. ... 6 Aug. 1756, d. Hill Street, Midx., 13 Apr. 1847
10 Francis Needham, 1st Earl of Kilmorey, b. ... 5 Apr. 1748, d. Shavington 21 Nov. 1830 [NCP VII:263]
m. Westminster 20 Feb. 1787
11 Anne Fisher, b. ... , d. ... 29 Oct. 1816
12 Isaac Cookson, of Whitehill, Devon, b. ... 2 Aug. 1745, d. ... 13 Dec. 1831 [BC II:507; LG 1939:475]
m. ... 1772
13 Margaret Wilkinson, b. ... , d. ...
14 Edward Cooke, of Togston and of Amble New Hall, Northumberland, b. ... , d. ...
m.
15 ... , b. ... , d. ...
GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
16 Sir John Cust, 3rd Baronet, b. ... 29 Aug. 1718, d. St. Margaret's, Westminster, 24 Jan. 1770 [CB IV:91]
m. ... 8 Dec. 1743
17 Etheldred Payne, b. ... , d. ... 22 Jan. 1775 [ae. 55]
18 Sir Henry Bankes, of Wimbledon, Surrey, b. ... , d. ...
m.
19 Frances Pembroke, b. ... , d. ...
20 John Needham, 10th Viscount Kilmorey, b. ... Jan. 1710/1, d. ... 29 May 1791 [NCP VII:262]
m. ... 11 Jan. 1738
21 Anne Hurleston, b. ... , d. Shavington Hall 9 Aug. 1786 [ae. 78]
22 Thomas Fisher, of Acton, co. Midx., b. ... , d. ...
m.
23 Margaret Pigot, b. ... , d. ...
24 John Cookson, of White Hill, b. ... , d. ... Dec. 1783 [BC II:506; LG 1939:475]
m.
25 Emily Elizabeth Lutwidge, b. ... , d. ...
26 James Wilkinson, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, b. ... , d. ...
m.
27 Bridget Blencowe, b. ... , d. ...
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
32 Sir Richard Cust, 2nd Baronet, b. ... [bapt. St. George's, Stamford, 30 Oct. 1680], d. ... 25 July 1734 [CB IV:91]
m. ... 1717
33 Anne Brownlow, b. ... , d. Grantham, co.Lincoln, 29 Dec. 1779
34 Thomas Payne, of Hough-on-the-Hill, co. Lincoln, b. ... , d. ...
m.
35 Elizabeth Folkes, b. ... , d. ...
38 Charles Pembroke, of St. George's, Canterbury, b. ... , d. ...
m.
39 ... , b. ... , d. ...
40 Robert Needham, 7th Viscount Kilmorey, b. ... 4 May 1683, d. ... 2 Oct. 1710 [NCP VII:262]
m. Crewe Hall 19 Aug. 1701
41 Mary Offley, b. ... , d. Windsor, Berks, ... 1765 [ae. 80]
42 John Hurleston, of Newton, co. Chester, b. ... , d. ...
m.
43 Mary Offley, b. ... , d. ...
46 Richard Pigot, of Westminster, b. ... , d. ...
m.
47 ... , b. ... , d. ...
48 Isaac Cookson, b. ... 6 Feb. 1678, d. ... 1740 [BC II:506; LG 1939:475]
m. ... 23 May 1734
49 Hannah Belton, b. ... , d. ...
50 Thomas Lutwidge, of Whitehaven, Cumberland, b. ... 1693, d. ... 1747
m.
51 Lucy Houghton, b. ... , d. ...
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
64 Sir Pury Cust, b. ... , d. ... 21 Feb. 1698/9 [ae. 43]
m. ... 21 Aug. 1678
65 Ursula Woodcock, b. ... , d. ...
66 Sir William Brownlow, 4th Baronet, b. ... 5 Nov. 1665, d. St. Martin's in the Fields 6 March 1700/1 [CB II:112]
m.
67 Dorothy Mason, b. ... [ae. 3 in 1668], d. ... [will pr. May 1700]
70 Martin Folkes, b. ... , d. ...
m.
71 Dorothy Hovel, b. ... , d. ...
80 Thomas Needham, 6th Viscount Kilmorey, b. ... [ca. 1659], d. Shavington ... [bur. Adderley 26 Nov. 1687] [NCP VII:261]
m. ... [settlement 4 Dec. 1679]
81 Frances Leveson, b. ... , d. ... 27 Dec. 1723
82 John Offley, of Crewe, co. Chester, b. ... , d. ...
m.
83 Anne Crewe, b. ... , d. ...
96 William Cookson, of Penrith, b. ... , d. ... [will dated 12 March, pro. 7 May 1712] [LG 1939:475]
m.
97 Alice ... , b. ... , d. ... [bur. 7 Aug. 1716]
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
128 Sir Richard Cust, 1st Baronet, b. ... [bapt. Dowsby, co. Lincoln, 23 June 1622], d. ... 30 Aug. 1700 [CB IV:90]
m. ... [settlement 16 March 1641/2, license 29 Dec. 1644]
129 Beatrice Pury, b. ... , d. ... 1 April 1715
130 Edward Woodcock, of Newtimber, Sussex, b. ... 1617, d. ... 1659
m.
131 Mary Barker, b. ... , d. ...
132 Sir Richard Brownlow, 2nd Baronet, b. ... , d. ... 30 Aug. 1668 [CB II:112]
m.
133 Elizabeth Freke, b. ... , d. ... 2 Feb. 1683/4
134 Sir Richard Mason, of Sutton, Surrey, b. ... , d. ...
m.
135 Anne Margaret Long, b. ... , d. ...
142 Sir William Hovel, b. ... , d. ...
m.
143 ... , b. ... , d. ...
160 Charles Needham, 4th Viscount Kilmorey, b. ... , d. (in prison) London ... 1660, [NCP VII:261]
m. St. Paul's, Covent Garden, 27 Feb. 1654/5
161 Bridget Drury, b. ... , d. ... [bur. Eltham, Kent, 11 July 1696]
162 Francis Leveson, of Harnage Grange, co. Salop, b. ... , d. ...
m.
163 Anne Venables, b. ... , d. ...
166 John Crewe, of Crewe, co. Chester, b. ... , d. ...
m.
167 ... , b. ... , d. ...
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
256 Samuel Cust, of Boston, co. Lincoln, b. ... , d. ... 5 March 1662/3
m.
257 Ann Burrell, b. ... , d. ...
258 William Pury, of Eversham place in Kirton, co. Lincoln, b. ... , d. ...
m.
259 Elizabeth Millett, b. ... , d. ...
260 Thomas Woodcock, b. ... , d. ... 1665
m.
261 Ursula Bellingham, b. ... , d. ... 1670
264 Sir William Brownlow, 1st Baronet, b. ... [ca. 1595], d. ... 1666 [CB II:112]
m. ... [in or before 1624]
265 Elizabeth Duncombe, b. ... , d. ...
266 John Freke, of Ewern Courtney, Dorset, b. ... , d. ...
m.
267 Jane Shirley, b. ... , d. ...
270 James Long, of Draycott, Wilts, b. ... , d. ...
m.
271 ... , b. ... , d. ...
320 Robert Needham, 2nd Viscount Kilmorey, b. ... , d. Dutton, co. Chester, 12 Sept. 1653 [NCP VII:261]
m. ... [settlement 31 Oct. 1636]
321 Eleanor Dutton, b. ... , d. Dutton, co. Chester, 12 March 1665/6 [ae. 69]
322 Sir William Drury, of Beesthorpe, Norfolk, b. ... , d. ...
m.
323 Mary Cokayne, b. ... , d. ...
324 Richard Fowler, of Harnage Grange, co. Salop, b. ... , d. ... [see CB IV:191]
m.
325 Margaret Newport, b. ... , d. ...
326 Peter Venables, of Kinderton, b. ... , d. ...
m.
327 ... , b. ... , d. ...
7/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
514 Richard Burrell, of Dowsby, co. Lincoln, b. ... , d. ...
m.
515 ... , b. ... , d. ...
518 Robert Millett, of Hayes, Middlesex, b. ... , d. ...
m.
519 ... , b. ... , d. ...
528 Richard Brownlow, of Kirby-Underwood, co. Lincoln, b. ... , d. ... 1638
m.
529 Katharine Page, b. ... , d. ...
530 William Duncombe, of London, Haberdasher, b. ... , d. ...
m.
531 Agnes Bennet, b. ... , d. ...
534 John Shirley, of Ifield, co. Sussex, b. ... , d. ...
m.
535 ... , b. ... , d. ...
640 Robert Needham, 1st Viscount Kilmorey, b. ... , d. ... [bur. Adderley, Salop, 26 Nov. 1631] [NCP VII:260]
m. ... [settlement 10 Aug. 1586]
641 Jane Lacy, b. ... , d. ... 16 July 1591
642 Thomas Dutton, of Dutton, co. Chester, b. ... , d. ...
m.
643 Thomasine Anderton, b. ... , d. ...
646 William Cokayne, b. ... , d. ...
m.
647 ... , b. ... , d. ...
648 William Fowler, of Harnage, co. Salop, b. ... , d. ...
m.
649 Anna Perks, b. ... , d. ...
650 Richard Newport, 1st Baron Newport of High Ercall, b. ... 7 May 1587, d. Moulins, France, 8 Feb. 1650/1 [NCP IX:554]
m. ... [before 1615]
651 Rachel Leveson, b. ... , d. London 31 Jan. 1661
8/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
1058 John Page, of Wembley, co. Midx., b. ... , d. ... 1638
m.
1059 ... , b. ... , d. ...
1062 Sir Thomas Bennet, Lord Mayor of London 1603-4, b. ... , d. ...
m.
1063 ... , b. ... , d. ...
1280 Robert Needham, of Shenton in Adderley, Salop, b. ... , d. ... 18 Dec. 1603
m.
1281 Frances Aston, b. ... , d. ...
1282 John Lacy, of Borston, Somerset, b. ... , d. ...
m.
1283 ... , b. ... , d. ...
1286 Roger Anderton, of Bickershaw, co. Lancaster, b. ... , d. ...
m.
1287 ... , b. ... , d. ...
1296 Richard Fowler, of Harnage, co. Salop, b. ... , d. ... 1667
m.
1297 Mary Littleton, b. ... , d. ...
1300 Sir Francis Newport, of High Ercall, Salop, b. ... , d. ... 15 March 1622
m.
1301 Beatrix Lacon, b. ... , d. ...
1302 Sir John Leveson, of Haling, Kent, b. ... , d. ...
m.
1303 ... , b. ... , d. ...
9/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
2562 Sir Edward Aston, of Tixall, co. Stafford, b. ... , d. ...
m.
2563 ... , b. ... , d. ...
2594 Sir Edward Littleton, of Pillaton, b. ... , d. ...
m.
2595 Margaret Devereux, b. ... , d. ...
2602 Rowland Lacon, b. ... , d. ...
m.
2603 ... , b. ... , d. ...
10/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
5190 Sir William Devereux, b. ... , d. ...
m.
5191 Jane Scudamore, b. ... , d. ...
11/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
10380 Walter Devereux, 1st Viscount Hereford, b. ... , d. ... 17 Sept. 1558 [NCP VI:478]
m. ... [before 15 Dec. 1503]
10381 Mary Grey, b. ... , d. ... 22 Feb. 1537/8
12/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
20760 John Devereux, 2nd Baron Ferrers, b. ... , d. ... 3 or 7 May 1501 [NCP V:325]
m.
20761 Cecily Bourgchier, b. ... , d. ... [between 9 Feb. 1492/3 and 9 June 1493]
20762 Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset, b. ... [ca. 1455], d. ... 30 Aug. 1501 [NCP IV:418]
m. [contract 18 July 1474]
20763 Cecily Bonville, Baroness Harington and Bonville, b. ... 1461, d. Shacklewell (in Hackney), Middlesex, 12 April (or 12 May) 1530 [NCP VI:320]














NOTES






The ancestry of Margaret Thatcher is as follows:


1. Margaret Hilda Roberts
   b. Grantham 13 Oct. 1925
   m. ... 13 Dec. 1950
   Denis Thatcher
   b. ... 10 May 1915
   d. ... 26 June 2003


2. Alfred Roberts
   d. ... 1970
   m. ... 1917
3. Beatrice Ethel Stephenson
   b. ... 1888
   d. ... 1960


6. Daniel Stephenson
   m.
7. Phoebe Crust







The legal parentage of Lady Diana Cooper is as follows:


1. Diana Olivia Winifred Manning
   b. ... 29 Aug. 1892
   d. ... 16 June 1986
   m. 2 June 1919
   (Alfred) Duff Cooper
   b. ... 22 Feb. 1890
   created 5 July 1952 1st Viscount Norwich
   d. ... 1 Jan. 1954



2. Henry John Brinsley Manners
   from 8 March 1888 Marquess of Granby
   from 4 Aug. 1906 8th Duke of Rutland
   b. ... 16 April 1852
   d. London 8 May 1925
   m. St. George's, Hanover Square, 25 Nov. 1882
3. Marion Margaret Violet Lindsay
   b. ... 7 March 1856
   d. London 22 Dec. 1937








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