Peregrine Francis Adelbert Cust, 6th Baron Brownlow of Belton (1899-1978)

Cathleen Sabine Mann, Marchioness of Queensberry (London 1896 – London 1959). Oil painting on canvas, Peregrine Francis Adelbert Cust, 6th Baron Brownlow of Belton (1899-1978) by Cathleen Sabine Mann, Marchioness of Queensberry (London 1896 – London 1959), signed and dated 1949. Half-length portrait of a man shown seated, wearing a blue shirt and red cravat. Peregrine Francis Adelbert Cust, 6th Baron Brownlow of Belton was born on 27 April 1899. He was the son of Adelbert Salusbury Cockayne Cust, (1867-1927)5th Baron Brownlow of Belton and Maud Buckle (d.1936). He married, (i) Katherine Hariet Kinloch, daughter of Brig.-Gen. Sir David Alexander Kinloch of Gilmerton, 11th Bt. and Elinor Lucy Bromley Davenport, on 18 October 1927. (ii) Dorothy Power, daughter of Thomas Sarsfield Kent Power, on 10 December 1954 (iii) Leila Joan Reynolds, daughter of Major Philip Guy Reynolds, on 14 May 1969. He was educated at Eton and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. Was a Lieutenant in the Grenadier Guards. He fought in the First World War. He succeeded to the title of 6th Baron Brownlow of Belton on 19 April 1927. He was Deputy Lieutenant of Lincolnshire in 1929, 1936-1950; Mayor of Grantham in 1934; close friend and Lord-in-Waiting to HM King Eward VIII in 1936 and was closely involved with the events surrounding the abdication; was a Squadron Leader in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve and fought in the Second World War. He was Parliamentary Private Secretary between 1940 and 1941, to the Minister of Aircraft Production. He was responsible, with his second wife Dorothy for much of the repair and redecoration of Belton in the 1960s and comissioned Francis Johnson to carry out a major restoration programme. He died on 28 July 1978 at age 79. Belton House, Lincolnshire (Accredited Museum)