Hubbry Logo
search
search button
Sign in
Historyarrow-down
starMorearrow-down
Hubbry Logo
search
search button
Sign in
Octavius Duncombe
Community hub for the Wikipedia article
logoWikipedian hub
Welcome to the community hub built on top of the Octavius Duncombe Wikipedia article. Here, you can discuss, collect, and organize anything related to Octavius Duncombe. The purpose of the hub is to connect people, foster deeper knowledge, and help improve the root Wikipedia article.
Add your contribution
Inside this hub
Octavius Duncombe

The Hon. Octavius Duncombe (8 April 1817 – 3 December 1879) was a British Conservative politician.

Background

[edit]

Duncombe was a younger son of Charles Duncombe, 1st Baron Feversham, and Lady Charlotte, daughter of William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth. Admiral the Hon. Arthur Duncombe was his elder brother. He served in the 1st Life Guards and afterwards became Colonel of the Cambridgeshire Militia on 2 August 1852.[1]

Political career

[edit]

Duncombe was elected Member of Parliament for the North Riding of Yorkshire in 1841, a seat he held until 1859, and again between 1867 and 1874.

Family

[edit]

Duncombe married Lady Emily Caroline, daughter of John Campbell, 1st Earl Cawdor, in 1842. He died in December 1879, aged 62. His wife died in March 1911.

References

[edit]
[edit]
Add your contribution
Related Hubs