6th Baron Feversham (1945-2009)
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Michael Rhodes
Mar 31, 2009, 5:40:57 PM3/31/09
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The 6th Baron Feversham, of Dumcombe Park, Helmsley, North Yorkshire,
died at the Castle Hill Hospital, Hull, 29 March, 2009. He was aged
64.
Charles Antony Peter Duncombe was born 3 Jan 1945, son of Colonel
Antony John Duncombe-Anderson (1907-49), by his wife the former
Gioranna Georgina Valerie McNalty (who on behalf of herself and her
children abandoned by deed poll the surname of Duncombe-Anderson &
assumed the surname of Duncombe only, 12 Mar 1954).
He succeeded to the barony (cr 1826) on the demise of his kinsman, the
3rd (and last) Earl of Feversham in 1963. He also inherited the
Duncombe Park estate, and its 13,000 acres.
Educated at Eton he became a journalist and author and took a keen
interest in the arts which resulted in him being appointed to several
key positions, including President of the Yorkshire Arts Association
from 1987 to 1991, chairman of the trustees of the Yorkshire Sculpture
Park, and also of the Standing Conference of Regional Arts
Associations.
He was also a member of various committees of the Arts Council of
Great Britain from 1969- 1980, the Arts and Education Committee of the
Calouste Gulbenkian UK and Commonwealth branch. Lord Feversham was
also an honorary fellow of Bretton Hall College, West Yorks.
For some 36 years he was a member of Helmsley Town Council and was
three times its chairman. He also became President of the National
Local Councils Association (NALC) and president of the Yorkshire and
Cleveland LCA, and was also president of the Society of Yorkshiremen
in London.
His many other public office appointments included being a governor of
Leeds Polytechnic and the York Theatre Royal. For 30 years he sat as a
crossbencher in the House of Lords.
His ancestor, the wealthy goldsmith Sir Charles Duncombe who became
Lord Mayor of London, after a brief sojurn in the Tower on a charge –
later dropped – of falsifying Exchequer bills, then bought the
Helmsley estate in 1695.
Lord Feversham was twice wed - firstly, in 1966 to Shannon Foy (died
1976), dau of Sir Thomas Arthur Wyness Foy, CSI; secondly in 1979, to
Pauline M. Aldridge, dau of John Aldridge, of Newark, Notts. He
leaves issue, two sons and a daughter from the first marriage, viz:
the Hon Jasper Orlando Slingsby Duncombe born 14 March 1968, and the
Hon Jake Barnaby born in 1972, and the Hon Melissa Rose born in 1973;
and one son from the second union, the Hon Patrick Charles Kildare
Duncombe, born in 1981. The eldest son, Jasper, inherits the title.
The funeral is to be held in private at the chapel at Duncombe Park. A
memorial service is to be later, but the date and place have yet to be
arranged.
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died at the Castle Hill Hospital, Hull, 29 March, 2009. He was aged
64.
Charles Antony Peter Duncombe was born 3 Jan 1945, son of Colonel
Antony John Duncombe-Anderson (1907-49), by his wife the former
Gioranna Georgina Valerie McNalty (who on behalf of herself and her
children abandoned by deed poll the surname of Duncombe-Anderson &
assumed the surname of Duncombe only, 12 Mar 1954).
He succeeded to the barony (cr 1826) on the demise of his kinsman, the
3rd (and last) Earl of Feversham in 1963. He also inherited the
Duncombe Park estate, and its 13,000 acres.
Educated at Eton he became a journalist and author and took a keen
interest in the arts which resulted in him being appointed to several
key positions, including President of the Yorkshire Arts Association
from 1987 to 1991, chairman of the trustees of the Yorkshire Sculpture
Park, and also of the Standing Conference of Regional Arts
Associations.
He was also a member of various committees of the Arts Council of
Great Britain from 1969- 1980, the Arts and Education Committee of the
Calouste Gulbenkian UK and Commonwealth branch. Lord Feversham was
also an honorary fellow of Bretton Hall College, West Yorks.
For some 36 years he was a member of Helmsley Town Council and was
three times its chairman. He also became President of the National
Local Councils Association (NALC) and president of the Yorkshire and
Cleveland LCA, and was also president of the Society of Yorkshiremen
in London.
His many other public office appointments included being a governor of
Leeds Polytechnic and the York Theatre Royal. For 30 years he sat as a
crossbencher in the House of Lords.
His ancestor, the wealthy goldsmith Sir Charles Duncombe who became
Lord Mayor of London, after a brief sojurn in the Tower on a charge –
later dropped – of falsifying Exchequer bills, then bought the
Helmsley estate in 1695.
Lord Feversham was twice wed - firstly, in 1966 to Shannon Foy (died
1976), dau of Sir Thomas Arthur Wyness Foy, CSI; secondly in 1979, to
Pauline M. Aldridge, dau of John Aldridge, of Newark, Notts. He
leaves issue, two sons and a daughter from the first marriage, viz:
the Hon Jasper Orlando Slingsby Duncombe born 14 March 1968, and the
Hon Jake Barnaby born in 1972, and the Hon Melissa Rose born in 1973;
and one son from the second union, the Hon Patrick Charles Kildare
Duncombe, born in 1981. The eldest son, Jasper, inherits the title.
The funeral is to be held in private at the chapel at Duncombe Park. A
memorial service is to be later, but the date and place have yet to be
arranged.
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Michael Rhodes
Mar 31, 2009, 5:48:22 PM3/31/09
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On 31 Mar, 22:40, Michael Rhodes <mig73allenford2...@yahoo.co.uk>
wrote:
> The 6th Baron Feversham, of Dumcombe Park, Helmsley, North Yorkshire,
> died at the Castle Hill Hospital, Hull, 29 March, 2009. He was aged
> 64.
Typo ------ Duncombe Park
> died at the Castle Hill Hospital, Hull, 29 March, 2009. He was aged
> 64.
> --==--
Michael Rhodes
Mar 31, 2009, 6:29:24 PM3/31/09
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The 7th Baron Feversham has had a colourful past: -
His aristocratic credentials are impeccable. As the eldest son and
heir of Lord Feversham, he once stood to inherit a £35m estate in
Yorkshire and one of the finest stately homes in the country. But 36-
year-old Jasper Duncombe, whose ancestors include a number of high-
profile British statesmen, has turned his back on a life of landed
luxury - and emerged as one of the country's leading pornographers.
His aristocratic credentials are impeccable. As the eldest son and
heir of Lord Feversham, he once stood to inherit a £35m estate in
Yorkshire and one of the finest stately homes in the country. But 36-
year-old Jasper Duncombe, whose ancestors include a number of high-
profile British statesmen, has turned his back on a life of landed
luxury - and emerged as one of the country's leading pornographers.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/from-blue-blood-to-blue-movies-porn-baron-risks-familys-wrath-559612.html
The Independent, 11 Apr 2004
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His aristocratic credentials are impeccable. As the eldest son and
heir of Lord Feversham, he once stood to inherit a £35m estate in
Yorkshire and one of the finest stately homes in the country. But 36-
year-old Jasper Duncombe, whose ancestors include a number of high-
profile British statesmen, has turned his back on a life of landed
luxury - and emerged as one of the country's leading pornographers.
His aristocratic credentials are impeccable. As the eldest son and
heir of Lord Feversham, he once stood to inherit a £35m estate in
Yorkshire and one of the finest stately homes in the country. But 36-
year-old Jasper Duncombe, whose ancestors include a number of high-
profile British statesmen, has turned his back on a life of landed
luxury - and emerged as one of the country's leading pornographers.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/from-blue-blood-to-blue-movies-porn-baron-risks-familys-wrath-559612.html
The Independent, 11 Apr 2004
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marquess
Mar 31, 2009, 7:03:32 PM3/31/09
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Interesting, so I suppose now he could call his company the Lord's
porno of something along those lines. He is unmarried and probably not
likely to marry, so the title might eventually go to his brother who
has a son and who will inherit the estate? I doubt very much that
pornographers much care for the conventions of marriage to produce a
legit heir to a title.
On 31 Mar, 10:29, Michael Rhodes <mig73allenford2...@yahoo.co.uk>
wrote:
Michael Rhodes
Apr 1, 2009, 8:23:16 AM4/1/09
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LORD Feversham, one of Ryedale’s most colourful personalities, has
died in hospital at the age of 64. He had been in ill health for
sometime and died in Hull’s Castle Hill Hospital in the early hours of
Sunday, Lady Feversham told the Gazette & Herald yesterday. While he
was involved in many organisations, he always had a great love for
Helmsley and the 13,000-acre Duncombe Park, his family seat to which
he acceded in 1963.
http://www.gazetteherald.co.uk/news/4251384.Warm_tributes_are_paid_to____colourful____Lord__64/
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died in hospital at the age of 64. He had been in ill health for
sometime and died in Hull’s Castle Hill Hospital in the early hours of
Sunday, Lady Feversham told the Gazette & Herald yesterday. While he
was involved in many organisations, he always had a great love for
Helmsley and the 13,000-acre Duncombe Park, his family seat to which
he acceded in 1963.
http://www.gazetteherald.co.uk/news/4251384.Warm_tributes_are_paid_to____colourful____Lord__64/
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Michael Rhodes
Apr 5, 2009, 8:42:06 PM4/5/09
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LORD Feversham, who has died aged 64, wore the encumbrances of his
inherited title lightly, but was very serious indeed about the things
he valued, his ancestral home and its estate being foremost among
them. Always known as Peter, Charles Antony Peter Duncombe was born in
Hampshire on January 3, 1945, the only son of Colonel Antony Duncombe-
Anderson, of the West Yorkshire Regiment, and a descendant of the
first Lord Feversham.
http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/obituaries/Lord-Feversham.5142307.jp
> --==--
inherited title lightly, but was very serious indeed about the things
he valued, his ancestral home and its estate being foremost among
them. Always known as Peter, Charles Antony Peter Duncombe was born in
Hampshire on January 3, 1945, the only son of Colonel Antony Duncombe-
Anderson, of the West Yorkshire Regiment, and a descendant of the
first Lord Feversham.
http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/obituaries/Lord-Feversham.5142307.jp
> --==--
Richard R
Apr 6, 2009, 7:59:57 AM4/6/09
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I'm sorry Michael but I've produced a duplicate posting for this
person in my posting of the 4 April:
http://groups.google.co.uk/group/Peerage-News/browse_thread/thread/489b246e8b4d0a2b
which gives the Telegraph's obit. I had it in my head that he'd
already been covered in our group but couldn't find him when I did a
search before posting. (I probably mis-typed in the search and
therefore got a nil return.) I'm happy for you to delete my post of
4th April - if you have the power to do that - to avoid confusion
On 6 Apr, 01:42, Michael Rhodes <mig73allenford2...@yahoo.co.uk>
wrote:
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person in my posting of the 4 April:
http://groups.google.co.uk/group/Peerage-News/browse_thread/thread/489b246e8b4d0a2b
which gives the Telegraph's obit. I had it in my head that he'd
already been covered in our group but couldn't find him when I did a
search before posting. (I probably mis-typed in the search and
therefore got a nil return.) I'm happy for you to delete my post of
4th April - if you have the power to do that - to avoid confusion
On 6 Apr, 01:42, Michael Rhodes <mig73allenford2...@yahoo.co.uk>
wrote:
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Shinjinee
May 19, 2009, 8:44:23 AM5/19/09
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An update - the estate and the house go to his younger brother Jake,
now 37.
Any details about offspring of these three sons??
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1181659/Porn-king-lord-manor.html
"Porn king no lord of the manor" 15 May 2009 Daily Mail
"it was his second son, Jake, 37, who gave the moving memorial address
and his younger son, Patrick, 27, providing a reading - along with
the peer's old friend, actress Dame Maggie Smith."
On the new 7th Baron:
"Instead of following his father, who spent two decades restoring
Duncombe to glory after it had been used as a girls' school,
Gordonstoun-educated Jasper pursued a rather different trajectory. He
became one of the nation's leading pornographers, a career path which
came after he was given a three-year jail sentence in 1993 for
attempted robbery while high on cocaine."
"Jasper had, for years, not been on speaking terms with his Eton-
educated father, a former governor of Leeds Polytechnic and
expresident of the Yorkshire Arts Association. He did not approve of
Jasper's exotic lifestyle.
The new Lord Feversham's company, Relish XXX, supplies blue films,
with titles such as To The Manor Porn, to NHS sperm banks."
The estate falls to
"to Jake, who lives in a wing at Duncombe with his stepmother,
Pauline." (Pauline's son is Patrick, the youngest son of the late
baron)
..Although probate has not yet been granted on his father's estate,
according to friends, the house and its land have been left in trust
to Jake. "
This reminds me of the Glenconner situation, where the heir and his
son have been disinherited, and the estate goes to the second son's
son. Any details?
Shinjinee
On Apr 1, 3:29 am, Michael Rhodes <mig73allenford2...@yahoo.co.uk>
wrote:
now 37.
Any details about offspring of these three sons??
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1181659/Porn-king-lord-manor.html
"Porn king no lord of the manor" 15 May 2009 Daily Mail
"it was his second son, Jake, 37, who gave the moving memorial address
and his younger son, Patrick, 27, providing a reading - along with
the peer's old friend, actress Dame Maggie Smith."
On the new 7th Baron:
"Instead of following his father, who spent two decades restoring
Duncombe to glory after it had been used as a girls' school,
Gordonstoun-educated Jasper pursued a rather different trajectory. He
became one of the nation's leading pornographers, a career path which
came after he was given a three-year jail sentence in 1993 for
attempted robbery while high on cocaine."
"Jasper had, for years, not been on speaking terms with his Eton-
educated father, a former governor of Leeds Polytechnic and
expresident of the Yorkshire Arts Association. He did not approve of
Jasper's exotic lifestyle.
The new Lord Feversham's company, Relish XXX, supplies blue films,
with titles such as To The Manor Porn, to NHS sperm banks."
The estate falls to
"to Jake, who lives in a wing at Duncombe with his stepmother,
Pauline." (Pauline's son is Patrick, the youngest son of the late
baron)
..Although probate has not yet been granted on his father's estate,
according to friends, the house and its land have been left in trust
to Jake. "
This reminds me of the Glenconner situation, where the heir and his
son have been disinherited, and the estate goes to the second son's
son. Any details?
Shinjinee
On Apr 1, 3:29 am, Michael Rhodes <mig73allenford2...@yahoo.co.uk>
wrote:
> The 7th Baron Feversham has had a colourful past: -
>
> His aristocratic credentials are impeccable. As the eldest son and
> heir of Lord Feversham, he once stood to inherit a £35m estate in
> Yorkshire and one of the finest stately homes in the country. But 36-
> year-old JasperDuncombe, whose ancestors include a number of high-
>
> His aristocratic credentials are impeccable. As the eldest son and
> heir of Lord Feversham, he once stood to inherit a £35m estate in
> Yorkshire and one of the finest stately homes in the country. But 36-
> profile British statesmen, has turned his back on a life of landed
> luxury - and emerged as one of the country's leading pornographers.
>
> His aristocratic credentials are impeccable. As the eldest son and
> heir of Lord Feversham, he once stood to inherit a £35m estate in
> Yorkshire and one of the finest stately homes in the country. But 36-
> year-old JasperDuncombe, whose ancestors include a number of high-
> luxury - and emerged as one of the country's leading pornographers.
>
> His aristocratic credentials are impeccable. As the eldest son and
> heir of Lord Feversham, he once stood to inherit a £35m estate in
> Yorkshire and one of the finest stately homes in the country. But 36-
> profile British statesmen, has turned his back on a life of landed
> luxury - and emerged as one of the country's leading pornographers.
>
> http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/from-blue-blood-to-...
> luxury - and emerged as one of the country's leading pornographers.
>
marquess
May 19, 2009, 9:37:48 AM5/19/09
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Yeah but just like the Glenconer situation the estate will not longer
have any association with the title, as the grandson of the current
baron is not in line to inherit anything. As I speculated previously
it is highly unlikely that the 7th Baron will settle for a
conventional marriage given his back ground in porn; I could be wrong
though!
On 19 May, 00:44, Shinjinee <SSenpub...@gmail.com> wrote:
> An update - the estate and the house go to his younger brother Jake,
> now 37.
>
> Any details about offspring of these three sons??
>
> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1181659/Porn-king-lord-manor....
have any association with the title, as the grandson of the current
baron is not in line to inherit anything. As I speculated previously
it is highly unlikely that the 7th Baron will settle for a
conventional marriage given his back ground in porn; I could be wrong
though!
On 19 May, 00:44, Shinjinee <SSenpub...@gmail.com> wrote:
> An update - the estate and the house go to his younger brother Jake,
> now 37.
>
> Any details about offspring of these three sons??
>
Richard R
May 20, 2009, 5:12:06 AM5/20/09
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[Any details about offspring of these three sons??]:
The new peer is unmarried, aged 31
His brother the Hon Jake Barnabry (b 1972) is the heir presumptive. He
m 2005 Raffaella dau of Tiziano Garutti, of Ferrara, Italy. The have a
son, Thomas Arthur b 2007 and a dau Matilda Hebe b 2005.
The new peer's half brother, the Hon Patrick Charles Kildare (b 1981),
is unmarried
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The new peer is unmarried, aged 31
His brother the Hon Jake Barnabry (b 1972) is the heir presumptive. He
m 2005 Raffaella dau of Tiziano Garutti, of Ferrara, Italy. The have a
son, Thomas Arthur b 2007 and a dau Matilda Hebe b 2005.
The new peer's half brother, the Hon Patrick Charles Kildare (b 1981),
is unmarried
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