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- Sir Charles Duncombe (November 1648 – 9 April 1711) of Teddington, Middlesex and Barford, Wiltshire, was an English banker and Tory politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons between 1685 and 1711. He served as Lord Mayor of London from 1708 to 1709.
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Sir Charles Duncombe (November 1648 – 9 April 1711) [1] of Teddington, Middlesex and Barford, Wiltshire, was an English banker and Tory politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons between 1685 and 1711. He served as Lord Mayor of London from 1708 to 1709.
SIR CHARLES DUNCOMBE ( c. 1648-1711), English politician, was a London apprentice, who became a goldsmith and a banker; he amassed great wealth in his calling and was chosen an alderman of the city of London in 1683.
Duncombe appeared before the Treasury on 10 Feb. to give his answer, and, in front of the King, stubbornly defended his record as a government creditor, offering to resign his excise post if anyone else could supply the crown better.
Great Goldsmith and Lord Mayor of London. His enormous fortune was made in the City of London where he founded the goldsmith's business under the sign of the Grasshopper in Lombard Street, later Martin's Bank.
Sir Charles Duncombe MP. Born before 16 Nov 1648 in Whitchurch, Buckinghamshire, England. Ancestors. Son of Alexander Duncombe and Mary (Pawley) Duncombe. Brother of Alexander Duncombe, Anthony Duncombe MP, Francis Duncombe, Valentine Duncombe and Mary Duncombe.
- November 16, 1648
- April 9, 1711
Sir Charles Duncombe of Teddington, Middlesex and Barford, Wiltshire, was an English banker and Tory politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons between 1685 and 1711. He served as Lord Mayor of London from 1708 to 1709.
SIR CHARLES DUNCOMBE ( c. 1648-1711), English politician, was a London apprentice, who became a goldsmith and a banker; he amassed great wealth in his calling and was chosen an alderman of the city of London in 1683.
