1. Harry Cust was a son of Henry Cockayne-Cust, a younger grandson of Brownlow Cust, 1st Baron Brownlow, of Belton House near Grantham in Lincolnshire, by his wife Sara Jane Cookson.
15 Facts About Harry Cust
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Harry Cust received his education at Eton College where he served as captain of the Oppidans.
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Harry Cust later attended Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts and second-class honours in the Classical Tripos.
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Harry Cust initially pursued a career in law and was admitted to the Inner Temple in 1888, but he ultimately decided to enter politics.
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Harry Cust won a by-election for Stamford, Lincolnshire in 1890 and served in Parliament until the general election of 1895.
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Harry Cust later won a seat in the constituency of Bermondsey in Surrey in 1900 and served until 1906.
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Harry Cust was a member of The Souls, a prominent social group in late-Victorian England.
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Harry Cust was romantically involved with Pamela Wyndham, who later married Edward Tennant, 1st Baron Glenconner.
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Harry Cust was known for his exceptional conversational skills and had a reputation as a womanizer.
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Harry Cust was rumored to be the biological father of Lady Diana Cooper, a socialite and philanthropist, by his mistress Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland, although this was not acknowledged until much later.
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In 1892, Harry Cust was invited by William Waldorf Astor to edit the Pall Mall Gazette, despite having no prior experience in journalism.
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However, Harry Cust rejected contributions submitted by Astor himself, who had literary aspirations.
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Harry Cust died in 1917 of a heart attack at his home in Hyde Park Gate, London.
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Nina Harry Cust was an artist and a translator and editor of her mother's papers.
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Nina and Harry Cust's relationship is at the centre of the book Tangled Souls: Love and Scandal among the Victorian Aristocracy by Jane Dismore.