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244: 69:, MP, of Chicheley, Buckinghamshire on 26 April 1683. She died in 1686 and he married as his second wife by licence dated 13 February 1688, Frances Baron, daughter of James Baron, linen-draper and alderman of London. He was a deputy-lieutenant and JP of the Buckinghamshire in 1684. Around 1702, when his wife inherited money from her uncle, he acquired the manor of North Crawley, near Newport Pagnell which gave him electoral interest. 237: 231: 89:. On 23 December 1708, he was named to the drafting committee on the bill to improve army recruitment. He also voted against the impeachment of Dr Sacheverell in 1710. However with other Duncombes in the House, it is impossible to distinguish some of his contributions. He was returned again at the 93:
and was listed as a ‘Tory patriot’ who opposed the continuation of the war, a ‘worthy patriot’ who helped to detect the mismanagements of the previous administration, and a member of the October Club. On 2 May 1713, he told in favour of a bill suspending the duties on French wines, which was an
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In September 1714, Duncombe was a signatory to an agreement to split the Buckinghamshire representation between a Whig and a Tory, in preparation for the expected general election. It was said he was omitted from the Buckinghamshire bench in February 1716.
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Duncombe was the eldest son of Thomas Duncombe of Broughton and his first wife Mary Edmonds, daughter of Charles Edmonds of Preston, Northamptonshire. In 1672, he succeeded to the estates of his father. He married Mary Chester, daughter of
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essential prerequisite for the French commerce bill, which he voted for on 18 June. In May 1713, he presented the Amersham address to the Queen on the ‘glorious peace’. He did not stand at the
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Duncombe died on 31 January 1720. His daughter by his first marriage predeceased him, and he had a son and daughter by his second marriage.
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Duncombe stood unsuccessfully for Buckinghamshire at a by-election in 1704. At the
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For Sir Francis Duncombe, 1st Baronet (died 1670), see
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Francis Duncombe (MP)
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Sir Anthony Chester, 3rd Baronet
1708 British general election
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1710 British general election
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