John Halcomb (later Halcombe, 1790 – 3 November 1852) was an

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, and a

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(MP) for

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between 1833 and 1835. Of several written works, his most significant was ''A Practical Treatise of Passing Private Bills through both Houses of Parliament'' (1836). Halcomb, who was later known as Halcombe, married Margaret Birch. Their fifth child,

Arthur Halcombe Arthur William Follett Halcombe (16 January 1834 – 3 March 1900) was a New Zealand farmer, farm manager and immigration agent. He was born on 16 January 1834. He was the fifth child of John Halcomb (who was later known as Halcombe), MP for Dove ...

, went to New Zealand as an immigration agent under William Fox. The daughter of his brother William, Sarah Holcomb, was the wife of William Fox.

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* 1790 births 1852 deaths Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Serjeants-at-law (England) UK MPs 1832–1835 Tory MPs (pre-1834) Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Dover 19th-century English lawyers {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1790s-stub