Cust, Robert Needham, 1821-1909

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Epithet: Foreign Under-Secretary to the Government of India 1846

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Robert Needham Cust (1821-1909), orientalist, was educated at Eton College, before joining the Indian Civil Service, and administering the Hoshiarpur and Ambala districts. He was called to the bar in 1857. In 1861 he became judicial commissioner of Amritsar, and in 1864 he joined the legislative council. He retired from the I.C.S. in 1867. Cust studied oriental languages, and published works on oriental philology and religion. He was secretary of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1878-1899.

From the guide to the Robert Needham Cust: Case Judgements, 1858-1860, (Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives)
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referencedIn Vol. IX (ff. 236). 1862-1864.includes:ff. 1, 3, 26, 68, 70, 104, 106, 124 William Robinson, Inspector of Police, Madras; CSI 1866: Letters to Lt.-Col. H. Bruce: 1860-1862. ff. 5, 11, 60, 73 Lewis Bentham Bowring, CSI; Commissioner, Mysore: Letters t..., 1862-1864 British Library
referencedIn BROADFOOT PAPERS. Vol. I (ff. 427). General correspondence of Major George Broadfoot, 1838-1845, with Edward Law, Earl of Ellenborough, Sir Henry (afterwards Viscount) Hardinge, and others whose names are given in the Index. Included also (ff. 45-204..., 1838-1845 British Library
referencedIn Maria Adelaide Cust Journal, 1860-1864 Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida
creatorOf Robert Needham Cust papers., 1844-1858 British Library
referencedIn CUST DIARIES45390-45406. DIARIES OF ROBERT NEEDHAM CUST, orientalist; 1842-1909. Autograph. The diaries cover the writer's career as an Indian Civilian from 1842 to 1867 and his subsequent life in England. See Cust's autobiography Memoirs of Past Yea..., 1842-1909 British Library
creatorOf Robert Needham Cust papers., 1838-1907 British Library
creatorOf Robert Needham Cust: Case Judgements, 1858-1860 Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives
creatorOf Robert Needham Cust papers., 1846-1903 British Library
referencedIn Robert Needham Cust: Case Judgements, 1858-1860 Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives
referencedIn Maria Adelaide Cust papers., 1856-1860 British Library
creatorOf Papers of Robert Needham Cust (1821-1909), Bengal Civil Service 1843-67, relating to his education at Haileybury College, the 1st and 2nd Sikh Wars, and the Indian Mutiny., 1840-1859 British Library
referencedIn BROADFOOT PAPERS. Vol. III (ff. 198). Papers relating to the Punjaub (1843-1845) and the First Sikh War (1845-1846). Included are :-1. Copies of official reports, etc. (1843-1845) concerning the Rajas of Jammu. f. 1. 2. Copies and abstracts of Majo..., 1843-1891 British Library
referencedIn Vol. XXIV (ff. 310). 1895-1908.includes:ff. 1-305 passim William Botting Hemsley, botanist: Correspondence with A. R. Wallace: 1886-1908.: Partly copies.ff. 2, 8, 27, 167 Conwy Lloyd Morgan, FRS; Principal of University College, Bristol: Letters ..., 1895-1908 British Library
referencedIn Cust, Maria Adelaide, d. 1864. Journal, 1860-1864. University of Florida
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