The Hon. Octavius Duncombe (8 April 1817 – 3 December 1879) was a British

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politician.

Background

Duncombe was a younger son of

Charles Duncombe, 1st Baron Feversham Charles Duncombe, 1st Baron Feversham (5 December 1764 – 16 July 1841), was a British Member of Parliament. Biography Feversham was born the eldest son of Charles Slingsby Duncombe of Duncombe Park and educated at Harrow school (1799). F ...

, and Lady Charlotte, daughter of

William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth, PC, FRS (20 June 1731 – 15 July 1801), styled as Viscount Lewisham from 1732 to 1750, was a British statesman who is most remembered as the namesake of Dartmouth College. Background Dartmouth was the s ...

. Admiral the Hon. Arthur Duncombe was his elder brother.

Political career

Duncombe was elected

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for the

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in 1841, a seat he held until 1859, and again between 1867 and 1874.

Family

Duncombe married Lady Emily Caroline, daughter of

John Campbell, 1st Earl Cawdor John Frederick Campbell, 1st Earl Cawdor (8 November 1790 – 7 November 1860) was a British peer and MP. He was born the son of John Campbell, 1st Baron Cawdor and Lady Caroline Howard and educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, gradua ...

, in 1842. He died in December 1879, aged 62. His wife died in March 1911.

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