Background
He was son of Samuel Luscombe, physician at Exeter.
He was son of Samuel Luscombe, physician at Exeter.
He was educated at Exeter grammar school and at Catharine Hall, Cambridge, where he graduated Bachelor of Arts 1798 and Master of Arts
1805. He was curate at Clewer, Windsor, and from 1806 to 1819 was master of the East India Company College at Hertford Heath, holding also the curacy of Saint Andrew"s, Hertford. On 20 January 1810 he was incorporated Master of Arts of Oxford, joining Exeter College and proceeding Bachelor of Civil Law 1 February 1810, and Doctorate.C.L. two days later. In 1819 he moved to Caen, and subsequently to Paris.
In 1824, George Canning decided to appoint Luscombe embassy chaplain in Paris, and also general superintendent at the same time of the Anglican congregations on the continent.
In the course of the same year he assumed the office of chaplain at Paris, a post he retained until his death. He officiated at William Makepeace Thackeray"s marriage in Paris in 1836.
Luscombe died suddenly of heart disease at Lausanne, 24 August 1846, and was buried at Louisiana Sallaz cemetery. He left a bequest for divinity scholarships at Glenalmond College, Perthshire.