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Duncombe and his benefactions to St Magnus feature prominently in Daniel Defoe's The True-Born Englishman, a biting satire on critics of William III that went through several editions from 1700 ( the year in which Duncombe was elected Sheriff ).
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Private schools include St. Joseph's In The Park, Duncombe School, ( a preparatory school in Bengeo ) and Haileybury College in Hertford Heath.
Duncombe and on
By the time the county was reestablished on February 26, 1857, John Duncombe of Fort Dodge ( namesake of Duncombe, Iowa ) had tricked Humboldt County into cedeing the southern four townships ( Jackson, Deer Creek, Badger, Newark ) to Webster County " on loan ".
Mackenzie, Duncombe, John Rolph and 200 supporters fled to Navy Island in the Niagara River, where they declared themselves the Republic of Canada on December 13.
Duncombe, with Robert Alway, Finlay Malcolm, Eliakim Malcolm, and Joshua Doan, gathered about 200 men on 8 December and marched towards Toronto ; this is sometimes known as the Western Rising.
In 1905 the estate was bequeathed on the death of the 7th Earl of Stamford's wife to the earl's niece, Mrs Arthur Duncombe.
Nick Duncombe ( January 21, 1982 — February 14, 2003 ) was a promising English rugby union footballer who won two international caps before dying aged 21 of meningitis contracted while on what has erroneously been described as a warm-weather training trip to Spain with his club Harlequins.
Dan Luger, another established England international, was also due to be on the trip with Nick Duncombe, but was called into the England squad to play France at Twickenham.
King Æthelberht of Kent was traditionally said to have moved his royal court there from Canterbury in about 597, for example by John Duncombe in 1784, and to have built a palace on the site of the Roman ruins ; but archaeological excavation has shown no evidence of this, and the story has been described as probably a " pious legend ".
William Duncombe translated An Oration on the Usefulness of Dramatic Interludes in the Education of Youth ( 1744 ).
The bridge was restored by the Duncombe family in the late 19th century ( A date stone on the downstream side states 1874 ), but the underside of the arch retains interesting Medieval ribbed stonework.
( Outmanoeuvring Salisbury, Duncombe challenged the election on grounds of bribery and had it declared void.
Lady Blessington used him as a model for the hero of one of her novels and the novelist-cum-Prime Minister, Benjamin Disraeli, recalled that his friend Duncombe was later to be his resource on Chartism for Sybil: or The Two Nations
Duncombe and critics
Indeed, his critics accused Duncombe of using an earlier trip to Canada to support his friend and political patron Lord Durham as a ruse to escape his debts.
Even his critics – of which he had many – had to admit that as a debater Duncombe was one of the best in the House of Commons.
Duncombe and William
Notable civil engineer William Jessop was called into advise ; he too recommended the route surveyed by Duncombe.
* William Duncombe, 2nd Baron Feversham ( 1798 – 1867 )
* William Ernest Duncombe, 3rd Baron Feversham ( 1829 – 1915 ) ( created Earl of Feversham in 1868 )
* William Ernest Duncombe, 1st Earl of Feversham ( 1829 – 1915 )
** William Reginald Duncombe, Viscount Helmsley ( 1852-1881 )
* Charles William Reginald Duncombe, 2nd Earl of Feversham ( 1879 – 1916 )
* Charles William Slingsby Duncombe, 3rd Earl of Feversham ( 1906 – 1963 )
The third creation came in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1868 when William Ernest Duncombe, 3rd Baron Feversham, was made 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.
A statue of William Duncombe, 2nd Baron Feversham stands in the town's square.
The son ’ s names were, Francis Henry, Francis Duncombe, Francis William and Francis Samuel.
* William Duncombe ( 1690 – 1769 ), British writer
* William Duncombe ( 1737 or 38 – 1818 or 19 ), British composer
Duncombe and III
In the 1750s Thomas Duncombe III beautified the estate by building the terrace with two Grecian-style temples ; these temples, now called Rievaulx Terrace & Temples, are in the care of the National Trust.
The site was created in 1758 by Thomas Duncombe III who had inherited it and the adjoining Helmsley estate some 10 years previously.
Duncombe and through
The town remained with the holders of the barony of De Ros through the Earls of Rutland and the Dukes of Buckingham until it was sold to the city financier, Sir Charles Duncombe in about 1689.
Duncombe and from
His Letters from Italy was published in 1774 by J. Duncombe.
Meanwhile, a group of rebels from the settlement of London ( in the west of Upper Canada ), led by Charles Duncombe, marched toward Toronto to support Mackenzie.
Duncombe was a Freemason, serving as first master of the Mount Moriah lodge at Westminster ; in 1836, he set up a grand lodge independent from the British lodges and became its first grand master.
Richard Grey, Earl of Kent, sold it in 1514 to Sir Charles Somerset, of whose son, Sir George it was purchased in 1549, by the Duncombes: from this family it passed, by female heirs, to the Bartons and Paunceforts, and is now the property of Philip Duncombe Pauncefort esq.
Ironically the rectory is shielded from the empty site of the family's former more splendid home by a battlemented folly wall, built by a former Duncombe who disliked the vicar so much that he did not wish to see him or his home!
People from South Asia became particularly prominent and transformed the town ’ s shopping facilities, rejuvenating the corner shops ( as was common in small English towns ) and providing access to South Asian produce which would have previously required a trip to Bletchley ’ s Duncombe Street.
Top riders from the APRA include Bernie Smythe jnr., Bonnie Young, Vic Gough, Ray Crawford, John Duncombe, Doug Flannagan, Shane Kenny, Darren Clarke, Brad Pierce, Scott Fraser and Jim McGuire who was All-Round Champion Cowboy five times ( 1967, 1969, 1970, 1975 and 1976 ).
The ancient pollarded oak trees in Duncombe Park date from this period and the park is now a national nature reserve.
Ellastone Old Hall, formerly the Bromley Arms pub, dates from the seventeenth century and is situated close to the current pub, the Duncombe Arms.
* Roy Duncombe, Chairman from 1989-91 of the Nationwide Building Society
Thomas Slingsby Duncombe ( 1796 – 13 November 1861 ) was a Radical politician, who was a member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Hertford from 1826 to 1832 and for Finsbury from 1834 until his death.
After being raised to the rank of Lieutenant, Duncombe resigned from the army in 1819.
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