Octavius Duncombe

British politician (1817–1879)

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

## Background

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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

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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

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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

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1. ^ Army List, various dates.

* Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

## External links

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* Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Octavius Duncombe

Parliament of the United Kingdom

Preceded by

Hon. William Duncombe
Edward Stillingfleet Cayley

|  Member of Parliament for the North Riding of Yorkshire
1841-1859
With:  Edward Stillingfleet Cayley | Succeeded by

Edward Stillingfleet Cayley
Hon. William Duncombe

Preceded by

Hon. William Duncombe
Sir Frederick Milbank, Bt

|  Member of Parliament for the North Riding of Yorkshire
1867-1874
With:  Sir Frederick Milbank, Bt | Succeeded by

Sir Frederick Milbank, Bt
Viscount Helmsley