John Dunscombe (1777 – November 1847) was a merchant and political figure in

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. He was a member of the Executive Council for Newfoundland from 1833 to 1842. Dunscombe, son of Christiana (Godfrey) and Edward Dunscombe, was born in

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and came to Newfoundland in 1808 as an agent for a group of Bermuda businessman. He married Elizabeth Magill, daughter of Sarah Devey (Denny)and Capt. Charles Magill in 1799 in Cheshire, Connecticut. He sold St. John's Hill, his property in Spanish Point,

, to the Government of Bermuda in 1816. (The Government later gave the property to its existing tenant, the

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, to become the new Admiralty House for the North America and West Indies Station.) Dunscombe was named an aide-de-camp for Governor Thomas John Cochrane in 1825. In 1845, he moved to Montreal, Quebec. Dunscombe died in

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. He and Elizabeth are buried in the churchyard of St. Mary’s Edge Hill,

. His daughter Caroline Augusta married James Crowdy, a member of the assembly. His daughter Sarah Christiana married Church of England clergyman Thomas Finch Hobday Bridge. His son, John Josiah William Dunscombe, married Caroline Birche Durnford, daughter of Major General Elias Walker Durnford and Jane Sophia Mann, and became Collector of Customs for the Port of Quebec.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dunscombe, John Members of the Executive Council of Newfoundland and Labrador 1777 births 1847 deaths British emigrants to pre-Confederation Newfoundland Newfoundland Colony people