Richard Combe (?1728-1780), of Earnshill House, near Langport, Somerset, was a British politician.
Combe was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Milborne Port 7 April - 22 May 1772 (replaced on petition 1772 by George Prescott and for Aldeburgh 1774 - 1780. [1]
Viscount Downe is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of Ireland. The first creation came in 1675 for William Ducie. However, the title became extinct on his death in 1679. The second creation came in 1680 for John Dawnay. He had earlier represented Yorkshire and Pontefract in the English House of Commons. His son, the second Viscount, also represented these constituencies in the House of Commons. His grandson, the third Viscount, sat as a Member of Parliament for Yorkshire but died from wounds received at the Battle of Campen in 1760. He was succeeded by his younger brother, the fourth Viscount, who represented Cirencester and Malton in Parliament.
Barton St David or commonly referred to as Barton is a village and civil parish on the River Brue adjacent to Keinton Mandeville at the foot of Combe Hill in Somerset, England. It is situated 5 miles (8 km) south-east of Glastonbury and 5 miles (8 km) north-east of Somerton. The village has a population of 609.
Langport is a town and civil parish in Somerset, England, 5 miles (8 km) west of Somerton. The parish, which covers only part of the town, has a population of 3,578. Langport is contiguous with Huish Episcopi, a separate parish that includes much of the town's outskirts.
Lord Frederick Campbell was a Scottish nobleman and politician. He was Lord Clerk Register of Scotland, 1768–1816; Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow Burghs (1761–1780) and for Argyllshire (1780–1799).
Curry Rivel is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated 6 miles (9.7 km) west of Somerton and 10 miles (16.1 km) east of Taunton in the South Somerset district. The parish has a population of 2,148. The parish includes the hamlet of Burton Pynsent.
Huish Episcopi is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated on the outskirts of Langport, 4 miles (6.4 km) south west of Somerton. The parish has a population of 2,644, and includes the hamlets of Bowdens, Combe, Pibsbury and Wearne.
Kingweston is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated on Combe Hill, 3 miles (4.8 km) north east of Somerton in the South Somerset district. The village has a population of 128.
Cromartyshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1708 until 1800, and of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832.
Milborne Port is a former parliamentary borough located in Somerset. It elected two members to the unreformed House of Commons between 1298 and 1307 and again from 1628, but was disenfranchised in the Reform Act 1832 as a rotten borough.
Lieutenant-Colonel Hon. Robert Fulke Greville FRS was a British Army officer, courtier and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1774 and 1807.
Sir Thomas Miller, 5th Baronet, was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1774 and 1816.
Adam Drummond, 11th of Lennoch and 4th of Megginch, was a Scottish merchant, banker and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1761 and 1786.
Earnshill House in Hambridge, near Curry Rivel, Somerset, England is a manor house, set in parkland. It was built in 1725 for Henry Combe, a Bristol merchant by John Strachan. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building.
George Henry Conyngham, 3rd Marquess Conyngham, styled Earl of Mount Charles from 1832 to 1876, was a British peer and soldier.
Barne Barne was a British land-owner and a Member of Parliament for the Pocket Borough of Dunwich, in Suffolk, between 1777 and 1791. Barne's father had established himself as co-proprietor of the Borough and controlled one seat; on his father's death in 1777, Barne's eldest brother declined to fill the vacancy and so Barne accepted the offer, hoping to obtain, by voting with the administration, a paid office. He was eventually offered a post, as a Commissioner of Taxes, and, on accepting it, resigned his seat in 1791.
Richard Stevens (1702–1776) of Winscott in the parish of Peters Marland, Devon, was Member of Parliament for Callington in Cornwall (1761–1768).
The Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons, also known as the Speaker's Chaplain, is a Church of England priest who officiates at services held at the Palace of Westminster and its associated chapel, St Mary Undercroft. The Chaplain also acts as chaplain to the Speaker and Members of Parliament. The first Speaker's Chaplain was appointed in 1660. The current officeholder is Patricia Hillas.
Richard Henry Alexander Bennet FRS was a British landowner who represented Newport in Parliament from 1770 to 1774.
General Richard Grenville was a senior officer in the British Army and a politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1774 to 1780.
Henry Drummond (1730–1795) was a British financier and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1774 to 1790.