Thomas Duncombe (baptised 27 August 1724''England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975'' – 23 November 1779) was a British politician who sat in the

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between 1751 and 1779. DuncombeParkJonesViews1829

Duncombe was the eldest son of Thomas Duncombe, of

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, North Yorkshire and his wife, Mary Slingsby, daughter of Sir Thomas Slingsby. He was educated at

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from an early age in 1732, and matriculated at

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on 18 May 1742, aged 17. He succeeded his father to

in 1746 and is also known as Thomas Duncombe III. In 1751, Duncombe was returned as

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for the Downton constituency. In 1754 he was elected MP for

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. On the death of his cousin Lord Feversham in 1763 he inherited an interest at Downton, and in 1768 was returned to Parliament unopposed. In 1774 his control of the Downton seat was challenged and he was unseated on petition. He was returned unopposed for Downton in 1779, but died a few weeks later on 23 November 1779. There is no record of his having spoken in Parliament.

Family

Duncombe married firstly Lady Diana Howard (1723-1770) daughter of

Henry Howard, 4th Earl of Carlisle Henry Howard, 4th Earl of Carlisle KG (14 August 1694 – 3 September 1758), styled Viscount Morpeth until 1738 was a British Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1715 to 1738 when he succeeded to the Peerage as Earl of Carlis ...

on 9 February 1749. Their daughter Anne married Robert Shafto. He married secondly Anne Jennings (1749-1777), daughter of Sir Philip Jennings Clerke, Bt on 24 February 1772. Their daughter Frances (1775-1861) married

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and was mother to

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, Sir William Rose and the Countess of Morton. He married thirdly Charlotte Hale, daughter of William Hale of King's Walden, Hertfordshire on 25 June 1778. Having no sons, Duncombe's estates at Barford, near Downton and Duncombe Park devolved to his younger brother Charles Slingsby Duncombe and thence to

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). Fev ...

References

Sources

History of the Cases of Controverted Elections: Which Were Tried and Determined During the First and Second Sessions of the Fourteenth Parliament of Great Britain, 15 & 16 Geo. III. Sylvester Douglas Baron Glenbervie L. Hansard, 1802 P207-239
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