Henry Cockayne-Cust

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Henry Cockayne-Cust, around 1900

Henry John Cockayne-Cust ( October 10, 1861 - March 2, 1917 ) was a British poet , journalist and politician .

Life

Henry Cockayne-Cust was the eldest son of six children of the politician Henry Francis Cockayne-Cust (1819-1884) and his wife Sara Jane Cookson († 1867). Henry attended the prestigious Harrow School and Eton College , then studied at Trinity College , Cambridge . Between 1892 and 1896 he worked as an editor and journalist for The Pall Mall Gazette in London .

He was a leading member of The Souls , an influential group of young English aristocrats and intellectuals. Its members included George Curzon , Arthur Balfour , Margot Asquith , Violet Lindsay , Alfred Lyttelton (1857-1913), Lord Elcho ( Hugo Charteris, 11th Earl of Wemyss , 1857-1937), William Grenfell , Percy and George Wyndham . In addition to his commitment as a writer, Cockayne-Cust was also politically active. In 1890 the member of the Conservative Party was elected to the British House of Commons. He lost his seat five years later (for Stamford , Lincolnshire ) but was re-elected as early as 1900 (for Bermondsey ).

Henry Cockayne-Cust was considered a true womanizer - he was the natural father of Lady Diana Cooper and Beatrice Stephenson Roberts, the mother of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher . As a result of an alleged pregnancy, Cockayne-Cust married Emmeline Mary Elizabeth Welby-Gregory (1867–1955), daughter of Sir William Earle Welby-Gregory and Victoria Welby, in 1893 . The pregnancy was either false or a delusion; in any case, the marriage remained childless.

Remarks

  1. ^ Henry John Cockayne-Cust on thepeerage.com , accessed September 11, 2016.
  2. ^ Philip Ziegler: Diana Cooper: A Biography. Alfred A. Knopf, 1982, ISBN 0-3945-0026-1
  3. ↑ Harry Cust
personal data
SURNAME Cockayne-Cust, Henry
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cockayne-Cust, Henry John (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British journalist and politician, Member of the House of Commons
DATE OF BIRTH October 10, 1861
DATE OF DEATH March 2, 1917