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DUNCOMBE, William (c.1647-1704), of Battlesden, Beds.

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b. c. 1647, o. surv. s. of Sir John Duncombe† of Battlesden by Elizabeth, da. of Sir Humphrey May† of Carrow Priory, Norf., and sis. of Baptist May*. educ. travelled abroad (Flanders) 1666. m. settlement 30 May 1672, Jane, da. of Frederick Cornwallis†, 1st Baron Cornwallis, 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 3da. suc. fa. 1687. Beds. N. and Q. ii. 45–47; F. A. Blaydes, Genealogia Bedfordiensis, 22, 344.
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Envoy to Sweden 1689–92; ld. justice [I] 1693–5; joint comptroller of army accounts 1703–d. CSP Dom. 1693, pp. 134, 175; 1694–5, p. 471; Cal. Treas. Bks. xviii. 41, 300.

Freeman, Merchant Adventurers’ Co. 1692. Rutland mss at Belvoir Castle, no. 20, list of freemen, 1621–93.

Member Dublin Philosophical Society, 1693. K. T. Hoppen, Common Scientist in 17th Cent. 204.

Main residence: Battlesden, Beds.
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DUNCOMBE (formerly BROWNE), Thomas (c.1683-1746), of Duncombe Park, Yorks.

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b. c. 1683, o. s. of Thomas Browne, merchant, of St. Margaret’s, Westminster by Ursula, da. of Alexander Duncombe of Drayton, Bucks.; sis. of Anthony* and Charles Duncombe*. educ. Christ Church, Oxf. matric. 27 Apr. 1703, aged 19; I. Temple 1709. m. 18 Aug. 1714, Sarah, da. of Sir Thomas Slingsby, 4th Bt., of Scriven, Yorks., and sis. of Henry Slingsby*, 3s. 2da. suc. uncle (Sir) Charles Duncombe in Yorkshire estates and assumed name of Duncombe 1711; fa. 1720. Yorks. Peds. ed. Foster, ii (unpag.); The Gen. n.s. ii. 147.
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Sheriff, Yorks. 1727–8.

Main residence: Duncombe Park, Yorks.
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DUNCOMBE (formerly BROWNE), Thomas (c.1683-1746)

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DUNCOMBE, Francis (c.1653-1720), of Broughton, Newport Pagnell, Bucks.

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b. c. 1653, 1st s. of Thomas Duncombe of Broughton by 1st w. Mary, da. of Charles Edmonds of Preston, Northants. m. (1) 26 Apr. 1683, Mary (d. 1686), da. of Sir Anthony Chester, 3rd Bt.†, of Chicheley, Bucks., 1da. d.v.p. ; (2) lic. 13 Feb. 1688, aged about 34, Frances, da. of James Baron, linen-draper and alderman of London, 1s. 1da. suc. fa. 1672. PCC 43 Pye; Lipscomb, Bucks. iv. 82–83; Mar. Lic. Vicar-Gen. (Harl Soc. xxxi.), 46; J. R. Woodhead, Rulers of London (London and Mdx. Arch. Soc.), 24–25.
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Main residence: Broughton, Newport Pagnell, Bucks.
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DUNCOMBE, Charles (1648-1711), of Teddington, Mdx. Barford, Wilts.

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bap. 16 Nov. 1648, 2nd s. of Alexander Duncombe of Drayton Beauchamp, Bucks.; bro. of Anthony Duncombe*. unm. Kntd. 20 Oct. 1699. Hoare, Wilts. Downton, 45; Yorks. Peds. ed. Foster, ii. (unpag.).
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Apprentice, Goldsmiths’ Co. 1665, freeman 1672, livery 1674, prime warden 1684; receiver-gen. Bucks. 1670–1, 1676, Hunts. 1670–3, 1676, Beds. 1670–81, London, Mdx. and Westminster 1689–90, Surr. and Southwark 1689–94; alderman, London 1683–6, 1700–d., sheriff 1699–1700, ld. mayor 1708–9; freeman, Portsmouth 1684. J. R. Woodhead, Rulers of London (London and Mdx. Arch. Soc.), 63; Cal. Treas. Bks. iii. 369, 854; iv. 127; v. 210; vi. 725; ix. 129, 570; x. 466, 590; R. East, Portsmouth Recs. 367.

Member, R. Fishery Co. 1677, E.I. Co. 1677; steward, Hon. Artillery Co. 1682, treasurer 1703–4; commr. Greenwich Hosp. 1695, 1704; pres. Corp. Merchant Woolstaplers 1700. Cal. Treas. Bks. vi. 2; Cal. Ct. Mins. E.I. Co. 1677–9 ed. Sainsbury, 56; Luttrell, Brief Relation, i. 179; Beaven, Aldermen, ii. 110; Add. 10120, ff. 232–6; Daily Courant, 8 Aug. 1704; Flying Post, 29–31 Aug. 1700.

Cashier, excise 1680–97, hearth money 1684– Nov. 1688; commr. for the mint 1680–by 1686, coining tin farthings and half-pence by 1685–8, taking subscriptions to Bank 1694. Cal. Treas. Bks. vi. 580, 612; vii. 1347; viii. 176, 1621, 2125.

Main residences: Teddington, Mdx.; Barford, Wilts.
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DUNCOMBE, Anthony (aft.1650-1708), of Barford, Wilts.

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b. aft. 1650, 4th s. of Alexander Duncombe of Drayton Beauchamp, Bucks. by Mary, da. of Richard Paulye of Whitchurch, Bucks.; bro. of Charles Duncombe*. m. Jane, da. and coh. of Hon. Frederick Cornwallis (2nd s. of Frederick Cornwallis†, 1st Baron Cornwallis), 1s.
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Q.m. Earl of Oxford’s horse gds. 1683–?90; capt. 2nd marine regt. 1690–?2; commr. transports 1695–9, prizes 1702–7; gov. Scarborough castle 1702–d. Yorks. Peds. ed. Foster, ii (unpag.); CSP Dom. 1695, p. 80; 1702–3, p. 370; Cal. Treas. Bks. xvii. 250.

Main residence: Barford, Wilts.
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DUNCOMBE, Anthony (aft. 1650-1708)

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DUNCH, Wharton (by 1679-1705), of Pusey, Berks.

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b. by 1679, 1st s. of Major Dunch of Pusey by Margaret, da. of Philip, 4th Baron Wharton, by his 2nd w., and sis. of Hon. Henry†, Hon. Thomas* and Hon. Goodwin Wharton*. educ. Pembroke, Oxf. matric. 27 Mar. 1697, ‘aged 15’. unm. suc. fa. 1679. Misc. Gen. et Her. ser. 3, ii. 47; Stowe 639; Wood, Life and Times, iii. 465.
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Freeman, Southampton 1705. Southampton RO, Southampton bor. recs. SC3/1/2, f. 41.

Main residence: Pusey, Berks.
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DUNCH, Wharton (by 1679-1705)

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DUNCH, Edmund (?1677-1719), of Little Wittenham, Berks. and Down Ampney, Glos.

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b. ?1677, o. s. of Hungerford Dunch† of Little Wittenham and Down Ampney by Katherine, da. of William Oxton, Brewer, of Westminster and Herts. m. 24 Apr. 1702, Elizabeth (d. 1760), da. and coh. of Charles Godfrey*, and maid of honour to Queen Anne, 4da. suc. fa. 1680. Foster, London Mar. Lic. 426; Daily Courant, 2 May 1702.
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Freeman, Wallingford 1695. J. K. Hedges, Hist. Wallingford, ii. 239.

Master of the Household 1708–12, 1714–d.

Main residences: Little Wittenham, Berks.; Down Ampney, Glos.
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DUNCH, Edmund (?1677-1719)

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DUNBAR, alias SUTHERLAND, Hon. Sir James, 1st Bt. (aft.1676-1724), of Hempriggs, Caithness.

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b. aft. 1676, 2nd s. of James Sutherland, 2nd Ld. Duffus [S] by Lady Margaret, da. of Kenneth Mackenzie, 3rd Earl of Seaforth [S]. educ. adv. 1704. m. c.1705, Elizabeth (d. 1756), da. and h. of Sir William Dunbar, 1st Bt. (d. 1711), MP [S], of Hempriggs, and wid. of Sir Robert Gordon, 3rd Bt., MP [S], of Gordonstoun, Elgin, 2s. 4da. Changed name to Dunbar on marriage; cr. Bt. 21 Dec. 1706. Scots Peerage ed. Paul, iii. 210–11; J. Henderson, Caithness Fam. Hist. 222–3; Scot. Rec. Soc. lxxvi. 204.
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MP [S] Caithness-shire 1706–7.

Provost, Wick 1711. SRO, Breadalbane mss GD112/39/258/13, (Sir) Robert Dunbar (2nd Bt.) to Glenorchy, 22 Oct. 1711.

Main residence: Hempriggs, Caithness.
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DUNBAR, Hon. Sir James, 1st Bt. (aft. 1676-1724)

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DUMMER, Edmund (1651-1713), of London

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bap. 28 Aug. 1651, 1st s. of Thomas Dummer of S. Stoneham, Hants by Joane. m. by 1679, Sarah, 3da. (2 d.v.p.). IGI, Hants; The Gen. n.s. xiv. 172; Cal. Treas. Bks. xxvii. 429; St. Margaret’s Westminster (Harl. Soc. Reg. lxxxviii), 55; (lxxxix), 91.
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Asst. master shipwright, Chatham by 1686–90; asst. surveyor of the navy 1690–2; commr. of navy 1692–9. G. F. Duckett, Commrs. of Navy, 4–5; Cat. Pepysian Mss (Navy Recs. Soc. xxvi), i. 77; Sergison Pprs. (Navy Recs. Soc. lxxxix), 12, 147–9.

Freeman, Southampton 1696. Southampton RO, Southampton bor. recs. SC3/1, f. 248.

Main residence: London.
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DUMMER, Edmund (1651-1713)

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