Biography of Charles Duncombe 1st Baron Feversham 1764-1841

The London Gazette 18259. Whitehall, June 13, 1826.

The King has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignities, of Earl and Marquess of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, unto Frederick William (age 56) Earl of Bristol, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the names, stiles and titles of Earl Jermyn, of Horningsherth, in the county of Suffolk, and Marquess of Bristol.

The King has also been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the-Great Seal, granting the, dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, unto William Marquess of Thomond, Knight of the Most Illustrious Order of Saint Patrick, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, stile and title of Baron Tadcaster, of Tadcaster, in the county of York

The King has also been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, unto Ulick John (age 23) Marquess of Clanricarde, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, stile and title of Baron Somerhill, of Somerhill, in the county of Kent.

The King has also been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, unto Jaines Earl of Balcarres, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, stile and title of Baron Wigan, of Haigh-Hall, in the county palatine of Lancaster,

The King has also been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, unto Thomas Viscount Northland, and the heir's male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, stile and title of Baron Ranfurly, of Ramphorlie, in the county of Renfrew.

The King has also been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Baron ot the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, unto the Right Honourable Sir Charles Long, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, stile and title of Baron Farnborough, of Bromley-Hill-Place, in the county of Kent.

The King has also Seen pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, unto Sir John Fleming Leicester, Baronet, Colonel of His Majesty's Regiment of Cheshire Yeomanry, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, stile and, stile of Baron De Tabley, of Tabley-House, in the county palatine of Chester.

The King has also been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, unto James Archibald Stuart Wortley Mackenzie (age 49), of Wortley-Hall, in the county of York, and of Belmont-Castle, in the county of Perth, Esquire, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, stile, and title of Baron Wharncliffe, of Wortley, in the said county of York. [Elizabeth Caroline Mary Crichton Baroness Wharncliffe (age 48) by marriage Baroness Wharncliffe of Wortley in Yorkshire.]

The King has also been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, unto Charles Duncombe (age 61), Esquire, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, stile and title of Baron Feversham, of Duncombe-Park, in the county of York. [. [his wife] Charlotte Legge Baroness Feversham Duncombe Park (age 51) by marriage Baroness Feversham of Duncombe Park in Yorkshire.]

The King has also been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto Chharles Rose-Ellis, Esquire, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, stile and title of Baron Seaford, of Seafod, in the county of Sussex.

The Times. 13th February 1867. DEATH OF LORD FEVERSHAM. We regret to announce the death, after a short illness, of [his son] Lord Feversham (deceased), which occurred on Monday night at his residence in Great Cumberland Street. The late William Duncombe Baron Feversham, of Dancombe Park, County York, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, was son of Charles first Lord by his marriage with [his former wife] Lady Charlotte Legge, only daughter of [his former father-in-law] William, second Earl of Dartmouth. He was born on the 14th of January, 1798, so that he was in his 69th year. The deceased nobleman was educted at Eton [Map], and afterwards proceeded to Christ Church, Oxford. He married l8th of December, 1823, [his former daughter-in-law] Lady Louisa Stewart (age 63), third daughter of George, eighth Earl of Galloway, by whom,who survives his Lordship, he leaves issue the [his grandson] Hon. Wiliam E. Duncombe (age 38), M.P., and Captain the Hon. Cecil Duncombe, of the 1st Life Guards, and three daughters, the Hon Jane, married l1th of April, 1849, to the Hon. Laurence Parsons; the [his granddaughter] Hon. Gertrude (age 39), married 27th of November 1&19, to [his grandson-in-law] Mr. Francis Horatio Fitzroy (age 43); and the Hon. Helen, married 18th of July, 1855, to Mr. William Becket Denison. Previously to his accession to the peerage on the death of his father in July, 1841, he represented Yorkshire in the House of Commons from 1826 to 1830. At the general election in 1831 he was unsuceessful candidate for the coenty, but was returned for the North Riding in the following year, which he continued to represent till 18S1. He voted against the Reforzn Bill of 1832, and was uniformly in favour of agricultural protection. He took great interest in agricultural pursuit, And was a distinguished member of the Royal Agricultural Society, of which he was one of the trustees The deceased noblemna is succeded by his eldest son, the Hon. Wiliam Ernest Duncombe, above mentioned, who was born January 28 1829, and married, August 7, 1851, [his granddaughter-in-law] Mabel Violet (age 33), second daughter of the late Right Hon. Sir James Graham, of Netherby. He was M.P. for East Retford from February, 1852, to 1857 and elected for the North Riding of Yorkshire inI 1859, anA was also returned at the last general election After a sharp contest, being second on the poll. He is Captain of the Yorkshire Yeomianry (Hussars) Cavalry, and Lientenent Colonel of the 2d North Riding like his deceased father, he is a supporter of Lord Derby, but in favour of such a measure of Parliamentary Reforms would give no undue preponderance to any one class, but would ensure to a fair distribution of political privileges.