Charles Duncombe, 2nd Earl of Feversham
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Succeeded by | Edmund Russborough Turton |
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Born | Charles William Reginald Duncombe 8 May 1879 |
Died | 15 September 1916 | (aged 37)
Political party | Conservative |
Parent(s) | William Duncombe, Viscount Helmsley Lady Muriel Chetwynd-Talbot |
Residence | Duncombe Park |
Education | Eton College |
Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
Origins
Charles Duncombe was born on 8 May 1879, the son of William Duncombe, Viscount Helmsley, elder son of William Duncombe, 1st Earl of Feversham, and Lady Muriel Frances Louisa, daughter of Charles Chetwynd-Talbot, 19th Earl of Shrewsbury.[1] His father William, Viscount Helmsley, died in 1881,[2] and so the viscountcy thus passed to Charles Duncombe.
Duncombe was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford, gaining a blue in polo with OUPC.[3] He was also a member of Apollo University Lodge.[4]
Career
Duncombe was appointed an assistant private secretary (unpaid) to
He was an outspoken opponent of women's suffrage;[7] a 1908 profile noted that he "is a very ardent adherent of any cause he espouses; indeed his keenness is one of the remarkable traits of his character ... fearless and outspoken in the expression of his views on all subjects".[2]
Military career
Duncombe joined the Yorkshire Hussars, and was promoted to Lieutenant on 21 May 1902,[8] rising to become Lieutenant Colonel before transferring as a battalion commander of the King's Royal Rifle Corps.[9]
He enlisted for active service in the
Charles Duncombe, Lord Helmsley, lies in the AIF Burial Ground near the village of Flers on the Somme.[12]
Personal life
Duncombe married Lady Marjorie Blanche Eva Greville, daughter of Francis Greville, 5th Earl of Warwick, in 1904. They had two sons and one daughter:
- Lady Mary Diana Duncombe (1905–1943), who married Lt. William Greville Worthington of Kingston Russell.
- Charles Duncombe, 3rd Earl of Feversham (1906–1963), who also became a Conservative politician; he married Lady Anne Dorothy Wood, only daughter of Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax and Lady Dorothy Onslow (a daughter of William Onslow, 4th Earl of Onslow), in 1936.
- Hon. David Duncombe (1910–1927), who was killed in a car accident in 1927, aged 17.
Duncombe lived at Duncombe Park and, when in London, at 87 Eaton Square.[9] He became master of the Sinnington Hunt in 1904.[2] He was a member of the Carlton Club, Turf Club, the Bachelors' Club and White's.[9][1]
Following his death, the Dowager Lady Feversham married the Conservative politician
Descendants
Through his daughter Diana, he was a grandfather of Capt. Charles William David Worthington (b. 1930) who married, as her second husband, Sara Stucley (youngest daughter of
Through his son Charles, he was a grandfather of Lady Clarissa Duncombe (1938-2021), who married, as his second wife, Maj. Nicholas Spencer Compton Collin, of Wytherstone House, Pockley.[14]
References
- ^ a b c "Members after 1832". membersafter1832.historyofparliamentonline.org. The History of Parliament. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
- ^ a b c Mannin, Charles A. (1908). Yorkshire leaders; social and political. London, Queenhithe Print.
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20141025122048/http://www.oxforduniversitypoloclub.com/index.php/archive. Archived from the original on 25 October 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
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(help) - ^ Oxford Freemasons, J Mordaunt Crook & J Daniel (2018), p.207
- ^ "Court Circular". The Times. No. 36797. London. 18 June 1902. p. 12.
- ^ "Peerages: of Feversham (Earldom)". peerages.historyofparliamentonline.org. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
- ISBN 978-1-913645-33-5.
- ^ "No. 27435". The London Gazette. 20 May 1902. p. 3326.
- ^ a b c Dod's Parliamentary Companion 1916. Dod's Parliamentary Companion. 1916. p. 52.
- ISBN 978-0-00-713751-0.
- ISBN 9780593074121.
- ^ "Lieutenant Colonel Charles William Reginald Duncombe | War Casualty Details 264937". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
- ISBN 978-1-9997670-5-1. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
- ^ Obituaries, Telegraph (13 August 2021). Lady Clarissa Collin, heiress to a North Yorkshire estate and authentic countrywoman who survived a bad riding accident and was totally committed to her civic duties – obituary. The Telegraph. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
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