See also:SIR See also:CHARLES See also:BUNCOMBE (c. 1648-1711)
, See also:English politician, was a See also:London apprentice, who became a See also:goldsmith and a banker; he amassed See also:great See also:wealth in his calling and was chosen an See also:alderman of the See also:city of London in 1683
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Duncombe's See also:parliamentary career began in 1685, when he was elected member of See also:parliament for See also:Hedon, and he was afterwards one of the representatives of See also:Yarmouth in the Isle of See also:Wight and of Downton in See also:Wiltshire
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He was made See also:receiver of the customs, and upon the See also:flight of See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James II. from See also:England in 1688 refused to forward to him the sum of 1500 as requested; accordingly his name alone was excepted from the See also:pardon issued by the exiled See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king in 1692
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A strong Tory, Duncombe held for a See also:short See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time the See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office of receiver of the See also:excise, and in this capacity he profited slightly by a transaction over some See also:exchequer bills which had been falsely endorsed
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Consequently he was imprisoned by the See also:House of See also:Commons, and expelled from parliament; and having been released by See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order of the House of Lords, where his See also:friends were more powerful, he was again imprisoned by the Commons
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Tried before the See also:court of king's See also:bench he was found "not guilty" on two occasions and the See also:matter was allowed to drop
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Duncombe made three unsuccessful attempts to enter parliament as member for the city of London, and then represented Downton a second time from 1702 until his See also:death
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In 1699 he was knighted, and in 1709 he served as See also:lord See also:mayor of London
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Upon retiring from businessin 1695 Duncombe caused some stir by giving the representatives of the See also:duke of See also:- BUCKINGHAM
- BUCKINGHAM, EARLS, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
- BUCKINGHAM, FIRST DUKE
- BUCKINGHAM, GEORGE VILLIERS, 1ST DUKE 0E1
- BUCKINGHAM, GEORGE VILLIERS, 2ND DUKE 0E1 (1628-1687)
- BUCKINGHAM, HENRY STAFFORD, 2ND DUKE OF3 (1454-1483)
- BUCKINGHAM, JAMES SILK (1786-1855)
Buckingham a high See also:price for an See also:estate at Helmsley in See also:Yorkshire, where he built a magnificent house
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He died at his See also:residence at See also:Teddington on the 9th of See also:April 1711, and much of his great wealth passed to his See also:sister, See also:Ursula, wife of See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas See also:- BROWNE
- BROWNE, EDWARD HAROLD (18,1–1891)
- BROWNE, ISAAC HAWKINS (1705-1760)
- BROWNE, JAMES (1793–1841)
- BROWNE, MAXIMILIAN ULYSSES, COUNT VON, BARON DE CAMUS AND MOUNTANY (1705-1757)
- BROWNE, PETER (?1665-1735)
- BROWNE, ROBERT (1550-1633)
- BROWNE, SIR JAMES (1839–1896)
- BROWNE, SIR THOMAS (1605-1682)
- BROWNE, WILLIAM (1591–1643)
- BROWNE, WILLIAM GEORGE (1768-1813)
Browne, who took the name of Duncombe
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Ursula's great-See also:grandson, See also:Charles Duncombe (1764-1841), was created See also:Baron Feversham in 1826, and in 1868 his grandson, See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William Ernest, the 3rd baron (b
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1829), was made See also:earl of Feversham
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See also:Sir Charles Duncombe's See also:nephew, See also:Anthony See also:buncombe (c
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1695-1763), who was made a baron in 1747, See also:left an only daughter, See also:Anne (1757-1829), who married See also:Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, and earl of See also:Radnor, by whom she was the ancestress of the succeeding earls of Radnor
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A celebrated member of the Duncombe See also:family was THOMAS SLINGSBY DUNCOMBE (1796-1861), a See also:Radical politician, who was member of parliament for See also:Hertford from 1826 to 1832 and for See also:Finsbury from 1834 until his death
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Duncombe defended Lord See also:Durham's See also:administration of See also:Canada; he sought to obtain the See also:release of See also:John See also:- FROST (a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch, vorst, Ger. Frost, from the common Teutonic verb meaning " to freeze," Dutch, vriezcn, Ger. frieren; the Indo-European root is seen in Lat. pruina, hoar-frost, cf. prurire, to itch, burn, pruna, burning coal, Sans
- FROST, WILLIAM EDWARD (1810–1877)
Frost and other Chartists, whose immense See also:petition he presented to parliament in 1842; and he interested himself in the affairs of Charles II., the deposed duke of Bruns-See also:wick
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He showed a See also:practical sympathy with Mazzini, whose letters had been opened by order of the English See also:government, by urging for an inquiry into this occurrence; and also with See also:Kossuth
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He died at Lancing on the 13th of See also:November 1,861
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See See also:Life and See also:Correspondence of T
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S
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Duncombe, edited by T
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Duncombe (1868)
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