Paternal Family Tree: Duncombe
Around 1695 Anthony Duncombe 1st Baron Feversham was born to Anthony Duncombe.
On 4th April 1708 [his father] Anthony Duncombe died.
On 9th April 1711 [his uncle] Charles Duncombe [aged 63] died. He was at the time the richest commoner in England. His great wealth was inherited, half each, by his sister [his aunt] Mary aka Ursula Duncombe [aged 51] and his nephew Anthony Duncombe 1st Baron Feversham [aged 16]. She, Ursula, became the progenitor of Baron Feversham of Duncombe Park in Yorkshire.
In 1713 Anthony Duncombe 1st Baron Feversham [aged 18] and Margaret Verney Baroness Feversham Downton [aged 1] were married.
In 1747 Anthony Duncombe 1st Baron Feversham [aged 52] was created 1st Baron Feversham Downton in Wiltshire. [his wife] Margaret Verney Baroness Feversham Downton [aged 35] by marriage Baroness Feversham Downton in Wiltshire.
In October 1755 [his wife] Margaret Verney Baroness Feversham Downton [aged 43] died.
In 1756 Anthony Duncombe 1st Baron Feversham [aged 61] and Frances Bathurst Baroness Feversham Downton were married. She by marriage Baroness Feversham Downton in Wiltshire.
In 1757 [his daughter] Frances Duncombe 1757 was born to Anthony Duncombe 1st Baron Feversham [aged 62] and [his wife] Frances Bathurst Baroness Feversham Downton.
In 1758 Anthony Duncombe 1st Baron Feversham [aged 63] and Anne Hales Baroness Feversham Downton [aged 22] were married. She by marriage Baroness Feversham Downton in Wiltshire. The difference in their ages was 41 years.
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After 1758 [his daughter] Anne Duncombe Countess Radnor was born to Anthony Duncombe 1st Baron Feversham [aged 63] and [his wife] Anne Hales Baroness Feversham Downton [aged 22]. She married 24th January 1777 Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie 2nd Earl Radnor, son of William Pleydell-Bouverie 1st Earl Radnor and Harriet Pleydell, and had issue.
On 18th June 1763 Anthony Duncombe 1st Baron Feversham [aged 68] died without male issue. Baron Feversham Downton in Wiltshire extinct.
In 1774 Philip Hales 5th Baronet [aged 39] was elected MP Downton. His brother-in-law Anthony Duncombe 1st Baron Feversham was influential in the result. He was successful only after petitioning against the original result; he took his seat in February 1775.
In 1795 [his former wife] Anne Hales Baroness Feversham Downton [aged 59] died.
In 1827 [his former wife] Frances Bathurst Baroness Feversham Downton died in childbirth.
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Duncombe
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Duncombe
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Duncombe
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Duncome
Grandfather: Alexander Duncombe of Drayton Bucks
father: Anthony Duncombe