DUNCOMBE, SIR CHARLES (c. English politician, was a London apprentice, who became a goldsmith and a banker, and an alderman of the City of London in 1683. Dun combe was elected M.P. for Hedon in 1685 and afterwards sat for Yarmouth in the Isle of Wight and Downton in Wiltshire. He was made receiver of the customs, and for a short time receiver of the excise, and in this capacity he profited slightly by a transaction over some exchequer bills which had been falsely endorsed. Tried before the court of the king's bench in 1699 he was found "not guilty." Duncombe stood three times, unsuccessfully, as parliamentary candidate for the city of London, and then represented Downton a second time from 1702 until his death. In 1709 he served as lord mayor of London. He died at Teddington on April 9, I