Anthony Duncombe (died 4 April 1708), was an English politician. Duncombe was the son of Alexander Duncombe, of Drayton,

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, by Mary Paulye, daughter of Richard Paulye,

Lord of the Manor Lord of the Manor is a title that, in Anglo-Saxon England, referred to the landholder of a rural estate. The lord enjoyed manorial rights (the rights to establish and occupy a residence, known as the manor house and demesne) as well as seig ...

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. Wealthy banker Sir Charles Duncombe was his brother.thepeerage.com Anthony Duncombe
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Hedon Hedon is a town and civil parish in Holderness in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately east of Hull city centre. It lies to the north of the A1033 road at the crossroads of the B1240 and B1362 roads. It is pa ...

in 1698, a seat he held until July 1702, and again between November 1702 and his death in 1708. Duncombe married Jane Cornwallis, daughter of the Honourable Frederick Cornwallis, younger son of

Frederick Cornwallis, 1st Baron Cornwallis Frederick Cornwallis, 1st Baron Cornwallis (14 March 1610/1 – January 1662) was an English peer, MP and Privy Counsellor. He was Treasurer of the Household 1660–1662. He was the eldest surviving son of Sir William Cornwallis of Brome, Suf ...

. He died in April 1708. His son

Anthony Anthony or Antony is a masculine given name, derived from the ''Antonia (gens), Antonii'', a ''gens'' (Roman naming conventions, Roman family name) to which Mark Antony (''Marcus Antonius'') belonged. According to Plutarch, the Antonii gens were ...

inherited half of the enormous estates of his uncle Sir Charles Duncombe and was elevated to the peerage as

Baron Feversham Baron Feversham is a title that has been created twice, once in the Peerage of Great Britain and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The first creation, in the Peerage of Great Britain, came in 1747 when Anthony Duncombe, who had earlier ...

in 1747. Duncombe's sister Ursula Duncombe was the ancestor of the present-day Barons Feversham.

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Year of birth missing English MPs 1698–1700 English MPs 1701 English MPs 1701–1702 English MPs 1702–1705 English MPs 1705–1707 British MPs 1707–1708 Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Hedon Members of the Parliament of England for Hedon