| The Right Honourable The Earl Brownlow GCVO, PC, VD, DL, JP |
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| Paymaster-General | |
| In office March 1887 – 1889 |
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| Monarch | Queen Victoria |
| Prime Minister | The Marquess of Salisbury |
| Preceded by | The Earl Beauchamp |
| Succeeded by | The Earl of Jersey |
| Under-Secretary of State for War | |
| In office 1 January 1890 – 11 August 1892 |
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| Monarch | Queen Victoria |
| Prime Minister | The Marquess of Salisbury |
| Preceded by | The Lord Harris |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Sandhurst |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 August 1844 Lowndes Street, London |
| Died | 17 March 1921 Belton, Lincolnshire |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Lady Adelaide Chetwynd-Talbot (1844–1917) |
Adelbert Wellington Brownlow-Cust, 3rd Earl Brownlow GCVO, PC, VD, DL, JP (19 August 1844 – 17 March 1921), was a British soldier, courtier and Conservative politician.
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Brownlow was the second son of John Egerton, Viscount Alford, eldest son and heir apparent of John Cust, 1st Earl Brownlow. His mother was Lady Marianne Margaret, daughter of Spencer Compton, 2nd Marquess of Northampton. His father died when he was seven years old. He was educated at Eton.[1]
In 1866 Brownlow was elected to the House of Commons for North Shropshire.[1][2] However, he was forced to resign his seat already the following year when he succeeded in the earldom of Brownlow on the death of his older brother, and entered the House of Lords. He held office under Lord Salisbury as Parliamentary Secretary to the Local Government Board from 1885 to 1886, as Paymaster-General from 1887 to 1889 and as Under-Secretary of State for War from 1889 to 1892[1] and was admitted to the Privy Council in 1887.[3]
Apart from his political career he was also Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire from 1867 to 1921, a Deputy Lieutenant for Hertfordshire and a Justice of the Peace for Shropshire and Hertfordshire.[1]
Brownlow served with the Foot Guards and achieved the rank of lieutenant in 1863, and was later commanding officer of the Bedfordshire Volunteer Infantry Brigade between 1889 and 1892. He was made an 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.[1]
Brownlow was a Volunteer Aide-de-Camp to Queen Victoria, Edward VII and George V.[1] He was appointed a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO) in the 1921 New Year Honours for his services to the Royal Household.[4]
Lord Brownlow married Lady Adelaide Chetwynd-Talbot, daughter of Henry Chetwynd-Talbot, 18th Earl of Shrewsbury, in 1868. They had no children. She died in March 1917, aged 73. Lord Brownlow survived her by four years and died in March 1921, aged 75. On his death the earldom and viscountcy of Alford became extinct while he was succeeded in his barony and baronetcy by his second cousin, Adelbert Cust.
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by John Ormsby-Gore Hon. Charles Cust |
Member of Parliament for North Shropshire with John Ormsby-Gore 1866–1867 |
Succeeded by John Ormsby-Gore Viscount Newport |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by George W. E. Russell |
Parliamentary Secretary to the Local Government Board 1885–1886 |
Succeeded by Jesse Collings |
| Preceded by The Earl Beauchamp |
Paymaster-General 1887–1889 |
Succeeded by The Earl of Jersey |
| Preceded by The Lord Harris |
Under-Secretary of State for War 1889–1892 |
Succeeded by The Lord Sandhurst |
| Honorary titles | ||
| Preceded by The Lord Aveland |
Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire 1867–1921 |
Succeeded by The Earl of Yarborough |
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded by John Egerton-Cust |
Earl Brownlow 1867–1921 |
Extinct |
| Peerage of Great Britain | ||
| Preceded by John Egerton-Cust |
Baron Brownlow 1867–1921 |
Succeeded by Adelbert Cust |