University Archives
Landed Family and Estate Papers Subject Guide
Duncombe family, of Helmsley
The Duncombes were originally from Buckinghamshire, though one branch of the family settled in Helmsley in the early eighteenth century. Sir George Augustus Duncombe (1848-1933) was the 4th son of Admiral Arthur Duncombe (1806-1889) of Kilnwick Percy Hall in Pocklington, East Yorkshire. He was educated at Harrow and became a Justice of the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant for the East Riding. He was a senior partner in Beckett & Co. and Treasurer of the East Riding County Council. In 1890 he married Hester Allardyce. Their son, Archibald Charles Duncombe (b.1894) predeceased them in 1909. Their very small number of papers comprise marriage settlements, wills and tenancy papers. [DDCV(2)/58]