Lionel George Archer Cust
British army and foreign officer
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| Intro | British army and foreign officer | ||||||
| A.K.A. | L. G. A. Cust Colonel Lionel George Archer Cust Sir Lionel George Archer Cust | ||||||
| A.K.A. | L. G. A. Cust Colonel Lionel George Archer Cust Sir Lionel George Archer Cust | ||||||
| Places | United Kingdom Great Britain | ||||||
| was | Military officer Civil servant Historian Art historian Officer | ||||||
| Work field | Academia Arts Military Politics Social science | ||||||
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| Birth | 6 June 1896, London, England, UK | ||||||
| Death | 22 May 1962Marylebone, City of Westminster, Greater London, United Kingdom (aged 66 years) | ||||||
| Star sign | Gemini | ||||||
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Colonel Sir Lionel George Archer Cust CBE (6 June 1896 – 22 May 1962), known as Archer Cust, was a British civil servant, art historian, and General Secretary of the Royal Empire Society.
He was the son of Sir Lionel Henry Cust, grandson of Henry Cockayne Cust, and great-grandson of Brownlow Cust, 1st Baron Brownlow and Francis Needham, 1st Earl of Kilmorey. He was educated at Eton and joined the Royal Artillery.
He received the OBE in 1939 and the CBE in 1954. He was knighted in 1959. He was a member of the Mandatory Palestine Civil Service from 1920-36. He is best known for authoring the best known summary of the Status quo of Holy Land sites in 1929: The Status Quo in the Holy Places.
He was a cousin of Ronald Storrs.