Arthur Purey-Cust

Memorial to Purey-Cust in the south transept of York Minster

The Very Rev. Arthur Perceval Purey-Cust (born Cust; 21 February 1828 – 23 December 1916)[1] was a Church of England priest[2] and author[3] and in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.[4]

Family

He was born Arthur Perceval Cust into a distinguished family, the younger son of the Honourable William Cust, younger son of Brownlow Cust, 1st Baron Brownlow. His mother was Sophia, daughter of Thomas Newnham.[5]

Education

He was educated at Brasenose College,[6] and later became a fellow of All Souls' College, Oxford. He was ordained deacon 1851 and priest 1852.

Early career

His early posts were: a curacy at Northchurch, Hertfordshire; incumbencies at Cheddington and Reading; Honorary Canon of Oxford; and Rural Dean of Oxford. He married Lady Emma Bess Bligh, a daughter of Edward Bligh, 5th Earl of Darnley.[5]

Preferment

He became the Archdeacon of Buckingham in June 1875, and installed Vicar of Aylesbury in the same year.[7] His final appointment was as Dean of York from 1880 to 1916.[8]

Legacy and death

For the next 36 years he meticulously catalogued York Minster's heritage[9] and died in harness in his 88th year.[10] His portrait hangs in the National Portrait Gallery.[11]

References

  1. ↑ BBC Art Collection
  2. ↑ National Archives
  3. ↑ Amongst others he wrote Parochial Organization (1877); The Heraldry of York Minster (1890); Picturesque Old York (1896); Our English Minsters (1897); and The Crowning of Monarchs (1907)
  4. ↑ 2328 Lodge history
  5. 1 2 Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 544. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
  6. ↑ "Who was Who" 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X.
  7. ↑ Vicars of the Parish Church of St. Mary, Aylesbury. GENUKI. Retrieved 17 February 2009.
  8. ↑ The Times, Thursday, 8 April 1880; p. 5; Issue 29850; col F The New Dean Of York.
  9. ↑ "The Heraldry of York Minster" Cust, APP: Leeds, Richard Jackson, 1890.
  10. ↑ The Times, Monday, 21 February 1916; p. 11; Issue 41095; col B.
  11. ↑ NPG listing



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