Anne Shafto

From Ancestry: Church of England Baptisms

• 19 October 1750
• baptism of Ann Duncombe
• born on 28 December 1749
• daughter of Thomas Duncombe, Esq., and the Right Honorable Lady Diana Duncombe
• baptised at St George's Hanover Square, St George Street, Mayfair, London W1S 1FX 51.51250, -0.14278, England

From Freereg: marriage of Robert Shafto and Ann Duncombe

• groom: Robert Shafto, Esq.
• bride: Ann Duncombe
• married: Monday, 18 April 1774 at [the parish of] St George Hanover Square, London
• witness: Lisburne; T Duncombe
• notes: Married in the dwelling house of Thomas Duncombe, Esq., in Grosvenor Square, Mayfair, London W1K 4AG 51.51139, -0.15139 by Special Licence. Married by Thomas G. Shafto of Brancepeth.

From British Newspaper Archive: Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette Thursday, 21 April 1774 Page 3 Married

Married. — By special licence, Robert Shafto, Esq; of Whitworth in Durham, to Miss Duncombe, eldest daughter of Thomas Duncombe, Esq; of Yorkshire.

From British Newspaper Archive: Newcastle Courant Saturday, 23 April 1774 Page 4 Newcastle 23 April 1774: Married

Married: Monday, 18 April 1774, in London, Robert Shafto, Esq; of Whitworth, in the County of Durham, to Miss Duncombe, eldest daughter of Thomas Duncombe, Esq; of Duncombe Park, Helmsley, North Yorkshire YO62 5EB 54.23889, -1.07472.

From British Newspaper Archive: Cumberland Pacquet, and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser Tuesday, 1 April 1783 Page 3 Deaths

Deaths: A few days ago, at his house in Dover Street, Mayfair, London 51.50889, -0.14278, the Lady of Robert Shafto, Esq. daughter and heiress of the late Thomas Duncombe, Esq. of Duncombe Park, Yorkshire, by his first wife, the Lady Diana Howard, daughter of the late Earl of Carlisle. NOTE death location conflicts with current MASTER PROFILE UNEDITABLE Downton, Wiltshire

From Reports of the proceedings in committees of the House of Commons by Alexander Luders Volume 1 Published 1785 Page 147

The late Mr. Duncombe, who died in November 1779, by will gave his property in the borough of Downton, together with his other estates, "to three trustees [Footnote *: Sir Thomas Turner Slingsby, Mr, Charles Philip Jennings, and Mr. Mayer] and their heirs and assigns, to the use of them, their heirs and assigns, upon trust, so soon as conveniently might be after his decease, to convey the said estates to the use of his daughter Anne Shafto, for her life, with remainder to the trustees to preserve contingent remainders; remainder to the use of Robert Shafto, second son of his said daughter Anne, in strict settlement, with other remainders over." Mrs. Shafto died in 1783, leaving her second son, Robert, an infant. Mr. Shafto, by the authority of the trustees, receives the rents and manages the estates hereby devised, for his son's benefit.

From A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Great Britain and Ireland by Sir Bernard Burke Volume 2 Published 1879

Robert Shafto, Esq. of Whitworth, married Monday, 18 April 1774, Anne Duncombe, daughter of and sole heiress of Thomas Duncombe, Esq., of Duncombe Park, Yorkshire (by Diana Duncombe née Howard, his wife, youngest daughter of Henry Howard, 4th Earl of Carlisle, and co-heir of her mother, Frances, only child of Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland, by his Countess, Arabella, youngest daughter of and co-heir of Henry Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle) and had issue,

1. John Shafto, his successor.
2. Robert Eden Duncombe Shafto, late proprietor.
3. Thomas Shafto, born Saturday, 23 August 1777.

This gentleman, who represented County Durham in Parliament 1760, 1768, and subsequently the borough of Downton for several years, died Friday, 24 November 1797, and was succeeded by his eldest son,

• Plantagenet Roll of the Blood Royal, Exeter Volume: Ruvigny Table XVIII; 223 page 308

Anne Shaftoe
in the Wiltshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812
Name Anne Duncombe Shaftoe
Gender Female
Event Type Burial
Burial Date 27 Mar 1783
Burial Place Downton, Wiltshire, England
Spouse Robert Shaftoe