Charles Duncombe (English banker)
He was tipped off by Lord Shaftesbury to withdraw a large sum of money from the Treasury before the Government suspended payment, and when Backwell was ruined because of the suspension, Duncombe took over his premises in Lombard Street at the sign of the Grasshopper.He was appointed to a committee to investigate the prices of coal in London and in February 1703 he handled his constituents' petition for an extra market day at Downton.He was fairly inactive in Parliament but in the City of London he came under attack from Whigs who removed him as a militia colonel, and his mayoral ambitions were overlooked by the court of aldermen.[6] In May 1709, he endorsed the candidacy of Dr Henry Sacheverell for the chaplaincy of St Saviour's, Southwark and later showed Tory partisanship by reportedly giving only £50 for the relief of the Palatine refugees, and only for the sake of his office.Though generally known for support of charitable causes and praised by the poor debtors of the Wood Street compter for his help while Mayor, the Palatines were a Whig cause.He was returned as MP for Downton at the 1710 British general election, and was later cited as one of the ‘worthy patriots’ who in the first session of the 1710 Parliament helped to detect the mismanagements of the previous administration'.
EnglishBritish House of CommonsLord Mayor of LondonWhitchurch, BuckinghamshireEdward BackwellGoldsmiths' CompanyaldermanCity of London1685 English general electionMember of Parliament1690 English general electionYarmouth (Isle of Wight)1695 English general electionDowntonToriesBank of EnglandHelmsleyDuncombe ParkTower of LondonSheriff of LondonIpswich1702 English general election1705 English general election1708 British general electionPrince George of DenmarkQueen AnneHenry SacheverellTeddington1710 British general electionAnthony DuncombeAnthonyLord FevershamBarons FevershamCambridgeEnglandCambridge University PressParliament of EnglandHenry GuyWilliam BoyntonMatthew Appleyard (younger)Sir Robert HolmesHon. Fitton GerardYarmouthSir John TrevorHenry HolmesAnthony MorganMaurice BoclandSir James AsheJohn EyreParliament of Great BritainThomas DuncombeSir William WithersSir Samuel Garrard, BtMastersRoyal MintHouse of PlantagenetLancasterWilliam HastingsRobert BrackenburyHouse of Tudor4th Baron MountjoyMartin BowesSir John YorkThomas EgertonThomas StanleyJohn LonysonSir Richard MartinHouse of StuartSir Edward VilliersRobert HarleyRalph FreemanThomas AylesburyInterregnumHenry SlingsbyJohn BuckworthThomas NealeCharles DuncombeIsaac NewtonHouse of HanoverJohn ConduittHon. Richard Arundell3rd Viscount Chetwynd1st Earl Cadogan3rd Earl of Effingham5th Earl of Chesterfield2nd Marquess TownshendSir George Yonge2nd Earl of Liverpool2nd Baron ArdenJohn Smyth3rd Earl BathurstLord Charles SpencerCharles Bathurst2nd Earl of Clancarty3rd Earl of Mornington1st Baron WallaceGeorge TierneyJohn Charles Herries1st Earl of Auckland1st Baron Dunfermline1st Baron Ashburton1st Baron TauntonWilliam Ewart GladstoneSir George ClerkRichard Lalor SheilJohn HerschelThomas GrahamChancellor of the Exchequer