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William Ernest Duncombe, 1st Earl of Feversham (28 January 1829 – 13 January 1915), known as The Lord Feversham between 1867 and 1868, was a British
Conservative
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politician.
Biography
Duncombe was the son of
William Duncombe, 2nd Baron Feversham
William Duncombe, 2nd Baron Feversham (14 January 1798 – 11 February 1867), was a British peer with a large estate in the North Riding of Yorkshire. He was prominent in the affairs of the Royal Agricultural Society and owner of a prize-winn ...
, and his wife Lady Louisa Stewart. He was elected to the
House of Commons
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for
East Retford
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Etymology
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in 1852, a seat he held until 1857, and then represented the
North Riding of Yorkshire between 1859 and 1867. The latter year he succeeded his father in the barony and entered the
House of Lords
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. In 1868 he was created Viscount Helmsley, of Helmsley in the North Riding of the County of York, and Earl of Feversham, of Ryedale in the North Riding of the County of York.
Marriage and children
Lord Feversham married Mabel Violet, daughter of
Sir James Graham, 2nd Baronet
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, in 1851. They had seven children:
* Lady Mabel Cynthia Duncombe (born ?, died 25 April 1926)
* Lady Ulrica Duncombe (born 1875, died 27 April 1935), married
Brigadier-General
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the Hon. Everard Baring
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Background early life
Baring was born in Kingston, Surrey, one of ten children of Edward Char ...
,
CBE
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and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...
,
CVO, son of
Edward Baring, 1st Baron Revelstoke
Edward Charles Baring, 1st Baron Revelstoke (13 April 1828 – 17 July 1897), was a British banker.
Early life
A member of the Baring banking family, "Ned" Baring was born on 13 April 1828. He was the second son of Henry Baring from his second ma ...
*
Lady Helen Venetia Duncombe (born 1866, died 16 May 1954), married
Edgar Vincent, 1st Viscount D'Abernon
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Early life
Vincent was born at Slinfold, West Sussex on He was the youngest son of Sir Frederick Vin ...
, no issue.
*
William Reginald Duncombe, Viscount Helmsley (born 1 August 1852, died 24 December 1881), father of
Charles Duncombe, 2nd Earl of Feversham
*
Hon.
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James Henry Duncombe (born 20 October 1853, died 10 January 1886), unmarried.
* Hon.
Hubert Ernest Valentine Duncombe,
DSO (born 14 February 1862, died 21 October 1918),
MP for
Egremont 1895–1900, unmarried.
* Lady Hermione Wilhelmina Duncombe (born 30 March 1864, died 19 March 1895), married
Gerald FitzGerald, 5th Duke of Leinster
Gerald FitzGerald, 5th Duke of Leinster (16 August 1851 – 1 December 1893) was an Anglo-Irish peer.
Biography
Leinster was born in Dublin, Ireland, the son of The 4th Duke of Leinster and Lady Caroline Sutherland-Leveson-Gower.
He married La ...
, mother of the
6th and
7th
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Dukes of Leinster.
"The FitzGeralds of Carton House" The Irish Times, published 21 June 2014
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Lord Feversham died in January 1915, aged 85, and was succeeded in his titles by his grandson Charles
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, his eldest son and heir apparent William
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having predeceased him. Lady Feversham died only seven months after her husband.
Notes
References
*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
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