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

Family and Education

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.

Offices Held

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.

Parlimentarian

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

Main residence: Battlesden, Beds.

Author

P.W.

Volume

Commons 1690-1715

Web Title

DUNCOMBE, William (c.1647-1704)

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Oxford 1644

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