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SIR CHARLES BUNCOMBE (c. 1648-1711)

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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 672 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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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 . 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 . He was made See also:receiver of the customs, and upon the See also:flight of See also: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 in 1692 . A strong Tory, Duncombe held for a See also:short See also:time the See also: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 . 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 of the House of Lords, where his See also:friends were more powerful, he was again imprisoned by the Commons . 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 . 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 . In 1699 he was knighted, and in 1709 he served as See also:lord See also:mayor of London . Upon retiring from businessin 1695 Duncombe caused some stir by giving the representatives of the See also:duke of See also:Buckingham a high See also:price for an See also:estate at Helmsley in See also:Yorkshire, where he built a magnificent house . 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 See also:Browne, who took the name of Duncombe . 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 Ernest, the 3rd baron (b . 1829), was made See also:earl of Feversham .

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Sir Charles Duncombe's See also:nephew, See also:Anthony See also:buncombe (c . 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 . 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 . 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 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 . 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 . He died at Lancing on the 13th of See also:November 1,861 . See See also:Life and See also:Correspondence of T . S . Duncombe, edited by T . H . Duncombe (1868) .

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