Background
Feversham was born in Hampshire on 3 January 1945. He was born Charles Anthony Peter Duncombe-Anderson, but on 12 March 1954 changed his name to Charles Anthony Peter Duncombe by deed poll.
Feversham was born in Hampshire on 3 January 1945. He was born Charles Anthony Peter Duncombe-Anderson, but on 12 March 1954 changed his name to Charles Anthony Peter Duncombe by deed poll.
He was educated at Eton College and then trained as a barrister, before going into journalism.
He published a novel, A Wolf in Tooth, and a coffee table book Great Yachts. The earldom was a later creation than the barony and became extinct on the 3rd Earl"s death. The 3rd Earl and 6th Baron were both great-great-great grandsons of Charles Duncombe, 1st Baron Feversham.
Beginning in 1985, Feversham restored Duncombe Park as a family home after it had been used as a girls" school since the 1920s.
Feversham served as the founding chairman of the Yorkshire Sculpture Park and from 1969 to 1976 as a governor of Leeds Polytechnic, as well as being a member of Helmsley Town Council.