Background
Helmsley was the son of William Duncombe, 1st Earl of Feversham, and his wife Mabel Violet, daughter of Sir James Graham, 2nd Baronet.
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William Helmsley
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Career
He was elected to the House of Commons as one of two representatives for the North Riding of Yorkshire in the 1874 general election, a seat he held until his death seven years later. Lord Helmsley married the seventeen-year-old Lady Muriel Frances Louisa, daughter of Charles Chetwynd-Talbot, 19th Earl of Shrewsbury, in 1876. Charles William Reginald Duncombe, 2nd Earl of Feversham (1879–1916)
He died in December 1881, at Madeira, aged only 29.
Lady Helmsley later remarried in 1885, and died in March 1925.
Membership
21st United Kingdom Parliament. 22nd United Kingdom Parliament.
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December 24, 1881 (aged 29) -
Political Party
Conservative Party