William Duncombe, 1st Earl of Feversham

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"a Conservative". Caricature by Ape published in Vanity Fair in 1878.

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 politician.

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Charlotte, his wife

Duncombe was the son of William Duncombe, 2nd Baron Feversham, and his wife Lady Louisa Stewart. He was elected to the House of Commons for East Retford 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. 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.

Lord Feversham married Mabel Violet, daughter of Sir James Graham, 2nd Baronet, in 1851. They had seven children, including Hermione Wilhelmina Duncombe (b. 1864) who became Duchess of Leinster.

He died in January 1915, aged 85, and was succeeded in his titles by his grandson Charles, his son and heir apparent William Duncombe, Viscount Helmsley, having predeceased him. Lady Feversham died only seven months after her husband.

References

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by William Duncombe

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Arthur Duncombe The Viscount Galway	Member of Parliament for East Retford 1852–1857 With: The Viscount Galway	Succeeded by The Viscount Galway Francis John Savile Foljambe
Preceded by Edward Stillingfleet Cayley Octavius Duncombe	Member of Parliament for North Riding of Yorkshire 1859–1867 With: Edward Stillingfleet Cayley 1859–1862 William John Sawrey Morritt 1862–1865 Frederick Milbank 1865–1867	Succeeded by Frederick Milbank Octavius Duncombe
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New creation	Earl of Feversham 1868–1915	Succeeded by Charles Duncombe
Preceded by William Duncombe	Baron Feversham 1867–1915