Hubert Duncombe

Colonel the Honourable Hubert Ernest Valentine Duncombe, DSO (14 February 1862 - 21 October 1918) was a British soldier and politician who served as the Conservative MP for Egremont from 1895 to 1900.

Duncombe was a younger son of William Duncombe, a Conservative politician later created Earl of Feversham, and his wife Mabel Violet (née Graham). He was educated at Harrow School, the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, and Magdalene College, Cambridge.[1] Following Cambridge, he was admitted to bar at the Inner Temple.[2]

In 1893 he was selected as the prospective Conservative candidate for Egremont;[3] he had previously been suggested as a possible candidate for York.[4] He was elected in the 1895 general election, with a majority of 131.[5] He did not seek re-election at the 1900 general election.[6]

Duncombe was an officer of the Volunteer Force, originally as a captain with the 5th VB Devonshire Regiment from 1891,[7] and later with the 2nd VB Yorkshire Regiment. He volunteered for active service in the Second Boer War in February 1900,[8] and served with the Imperial Yeomanry, originally ranked as captain and serving as the adjutant of a battalion commanded by his fellow MP, Arthur Montagu Brookfield. He was later promoted to lieutenant-colonel and awarded the Distinguished Service Order.[2]

In 1904, he was declared bankrupt, with debts of around £4,400.[9] In 1913, he was implicated in a fraud by Edmund Eaton, who had promoted an oil company as though it were endorsed by a Royal Commission; Duncombe was a director of the company, but resigned his directorship immediately and the charges against him were dismissed.[10]

References

  1. "Duncombe, Hon. Hubert Ernest Valentine". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2016. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. "Duncombe, the Hon. Hubert [Ernest] Valentine (DNCM881HV)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  3. "Representation of West Cumberland". Yorkshire Gazette. 17 June 1893. (subscription required)
  4. "Election Movements". Newcastle Courant. 9 March 1888. (subscription required)
  5. "Declaration of the Poll". Cumberland Pacquet, and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser. 25 July 1895. (subscription required)
  6. "The Election Campaign". Leeds Mercury. 20 September 1900. (subscription required)
  7. "The Hon HV Duncombe MP". Maryport Advertiser. 27 July 1895. (subscription required)
  8. "War Notes and News". Lakes Herald. 9 February 1900. (subscription required)
  9. "Affairs of the Hon H. Duncombe". Sheffield Daily Telegraph. 2 November 1904. (subscription required)
  10. "The Case of Edmund Eaton". Truth. 19 February 1913. (subscription required)
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