Baron Feversham
The title of
Baron Feversham has been created twice, once in the
Peerage of Great Britain and once in the
Peerage of the United Kingdom.
The first creation, in the Peerage of Great Britain, was in 1747, when Anthony Duncombe, Member of
Parliament for
Salisbury and later
Downton, was created Baron Feversham. However, the Barony became extinct on his death in
1763.
The peerage was revived in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1826 in favour of Charles Duncombe, who was created Baron Feversham, of
Duncombe Park in the County of York. He was a former
Member of Parliament for
Shaftesbury,
Aldborough,
Heytesbury and
Newport. His son, the second Baron, sat as a
Conservative Member of Parliament for
Yorkshire and the
North Riding of Yorkshire.
His son, the third Baron, represented
East Retford and the
North Riding of Yorkshire in the
House of Commons as a
Conservative. In
1868 he was created
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. He was succeeded by his grandson, the second Earl, who sat in Parliament as a Conservative representative for
Thirsk. He was killed in the
First World War, when the titles were inherited by his son, the third Earl. He notably served as a
Government Whip from
1934 to
1936 in the
National Government. However, on his death in
1963 the Viscountcy and Earldom became extinct.
He was succeeded in the Barony of Feversham by his kinsman, the sixth and present Baron. He is the great-great-grandson of Admiral Hon. Arthur Duncombe, fourth son of the first Baron.
The ancestral seat of the Duncombe family is
Duncombe Park near
Helmsley in
Yorkshire.
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Anthony Duncombe, 1st Baron Feversham (
1695-
1763)
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Charles Duncombe, 1st Baron Feversham (
1764-
1841)
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William Duncombe, 2nd Baron Feversham (
1798-
1867)
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William Ernest Duncombe, 1st Earl of Feversham (
1829-
1915)
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Charles William Reginald Duncombe, 2nd Earl of Feversham (
1879-
1916)
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Charles William Slingsby Duncombe, 3rd Earl of Feversham (
1906-
1963)
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Charles Anthony Peter Duncombe, 6th Baron Feversham (b.
1945)The
heir apparent to the barony is the eldest son of the present holder,
Hon. Jasper Orlando Slingsby Duncombe (b. 1968).
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Earl of Feversham
