CUSHMAN, Susan Webb (dau. of Elkanah Cushman of Boston, U.S. merchant). b. Boston 17 March 1822; made her début 8 June 1839 at Park theatre, New York as Laura Castelli in Epes Sargent’s play The Genoese; made a remarkable success in Satan in Paris; came to England 1846; played Ophelia and Juliet (200 nights) at Haymarket theatre, London with great success 1846; retired from the stage 1847. (m. 22 March 1848 James Sheridan Muspratt of Liverpool, chemist 1821–71). d. Liverpool 10 May 1859. Tallis’s Drawing room table book, part 8, portrait; Ireland’s New York Stage ii, 271 (1867).
CUST, Charles Henry (2 son of 1 Earl Brownlow 1779–1853). b. 27 Sep. 1813; ed. at Ch. Ch. Ox., B.A. 1836; cornet royal horse guards 14 March 1834, captain 4 July 1845 to 1847 when he sold out; sheriff of Northamptonshire 1859; M.P. for North Shropshire 13 July 1865 to Aug. 1866. d. 19 May 1875.
CUST, Sir Edward, 1 Baronet (youngest son of 1 Baron Brownlow 1744–1807). b. 30 Hill st. Berkeley sq. London 17 March 1794; ed. at Eton and Sandhurst; cornet 16 dragoons 15 March 1810; major 55 foot 24 Oct. 1821 to 27 July 1822 when placed on h.p.; M.P. for Grantham 1818–26, for Lostwithiel 1826–32; equerry to Prince Leopold of Saxe Coburg for many years from 1816, master of his household to 1865; knighted at St. James’s palace 3 Aug. 1831; K.C.H. 1831; assistant master of ceremonies to the Queen 18 Dec. 1845, master 1 Jany. 1847 to Feb. 1876; colonel 16 lancers 9 April 1859 to death; general 12 Jany. 1866; created baronet 23 Feb. 1876; author of Noctes Dominicæ, or Sunday night readings 1848; Family reading, The New Testament narrative 1850; Annals of the wars of the eighteenth century 5 vols. 1857, 3 ed. 1862; Annals of the wars of the nineteenth century 4 vols. 1862–63; Warriors of the thirty years war 2 vols. 1865; Warriors of the civil wars of France and England 3 vols. 1867–69. d. 8 Jermyn st. Piccadilly, London 14 Jany. 1878. bur. at Belton near Grantham.
CUST, Henry Francis Cockayne (eld. son of hon. and Rev. Henry Cockayne Cust 1780–1861, canon of Windsor). b. Cockayne, Hatley, Beds. 15 Sep. 1819; ed. at Eton; ensign 25 foot 30 March 1838; captain 8 hussars 19 Feb. 1847 to 24 Feb. 1854 when he sold out; private sec. to Earl of Eglinton while lord lieut. of Ireland 1852; assumed additional name of Cockayne 14 Dec. 1861; sheriff of Beds. 1869; M.P. for Grantham 1874–80. d. 5 April 1884.
CUST, Peregrine Francis (5 son of 1 Baron Brownlow 1744–1807). b. 13 Aug. 1791; M.P. for Honiton 1818–26; M.P. for Clitheroe 1826–32. d. 15 Sep. 1873.
CUSTANCE, William Neville (2 son of Hambleton Thomas Custance of Weston house near Norwich 1779–1845). b. 24 Oct. 1811; ensign 95 foot 11 Oct. 1831; lieut.-col. 6 dragoon guards 1 Aug. 1856 to 27 July 1861 when placed on h.p.; commandant cavalry depot, Canterbury 1 Oct. 1862 to 9 July 1866 when placed on h.p.; col. 11 Hussars 8 March 1875 to death; general 7 Sep. 1880; placed on retired list 1 July 1881; C.B. 21 Jany. 1858. d. Brookheath, Salisbury 7 Feb. 1886.
CUTTS, Maria. b. Loughborough, Leics. 1811; entered novitiate of Society of the Sacred Heart in Paris 1828; a professed nun 1836; superior of the convent at Grand Coteau, St. Landry parish, Mississippi; superior of all the convents of her order in the west of the United States. d. Grand Coteau 1853.
CUYLER, Jacob Glen. Ensign 69 foot 26 Oct. 1799; major Cape Regiment 26 Jany. 1806 to 25 May 1817 when placed on h.p.; L.G. 11 Nov. 1851. d. 14 April 1854.
CYPLES, William. b. Longton, Staffs. 31 Aug. 1831; edited several provincial newspapers; contributed to many leading periodicals; lived at Nottingham long time, lived in London 1877 to death; author of Pottery Poems; Satan restored, a poem 1859; Philip the Dreamer 3 vols. 1866; An inquiry into the process of human experience 1880; Hearts of gold 1883. d. Hammersmith 24 Aug. 1882. Church quarterly review xiii, 107–28 (1881); Mind v, 273, 390 (1880), viii, 150 (1882).