DUNCAN, Francis (son of John Duncan of Aberdeen, advocate). b. Aberdeen 4 April 1836; ed. at Univ. of Aberdeen, M.A. 1855; lieut. R.A. 24 Sep. 1855, lieut. col. 1 Oct. 1882 to 1 Oct. 1887 when placed on h.p.; col. in army 15 June 1885; reorganized the Egyptian artillery 1883; in command at Wady Halfa during the Nile expedition 1885; contested Morpeth 6 Feb. 1874, Durham city 13 June 1874, and Finsbury April 1880; M.P. for Holborn division of Finsbury, Nov. 1885 to death; seconded address to Queen 9 Feb. 1888; C.B. 25 Aug. 1885; author of History of the Royal Artillery, 2 ed. 2 vols. 1872, 3 ed. 1879; The English in Spain, the war of succession 1877. d. The Common, Woolwich 16 Nov. 1888. Graphic 18 Feb. 1888 p. 132, portrait.
DUNCAN, George. b. 1791; a merchant in Dundee to 1831; M.P. for Dundee 1841–57; mainly instrumental in introducing steam navigation between Dundee and London. d. The Vine, Dundee 6 Jany. 1878.
DUNCAN, Rev. John (eld. child of John Duncan of Gilcomston, parish of Old Machar, city of Aberdeen, shoemaker). b. Gilcomston 1796; ed. at Aberdeen gr. sch. and Univ., B.A., M.A., LLD. 1840; licensed by the Presbytery 24 June 1825; min. of Persie chapel, parish of Bendochy, Sep. 1830 to July 1831; ordained in the Barony parish church, Glasgow 28 April 1836; min. of Milton church, Glasgow 1836–42; first missionary from the Church of Scotland to the Jews at Buda-Pesth 1840–1843; joined Free church 1843; professor of Hebrew and oriental languages New coll. Edinburgh 1843 to death; edited in 1838 a British edition of E. Robinson’s Greek and English Lexicon of the New Testament. d. 10 Dalrymple crescent, Edinburgh 26 Feb. 1870. David Brown’s Life of John Duncan, LLD. (1872); Recollections of John Duncan by A. M. Stuart (1872); Wylie’s Disruption Worthies (1881) 231–36, portrait.
DUNCAN, John (natural son of John Duncan of Drumlithie, Kincardineshire, weaver). b. Stonehaven, Kincardineshire 19 Dec. 1794; weaver at Aberdeen 1816–24, a country weaver at Longfolds 1826–32, at Netherton 1836–49, at Auchleven 1849–52, at Droughsburn 1852 to death; collected a very fine herbarium which he presented to the Univ. of Aberdeen 31 Dec. 1880. d. Droughsburn 9 Aug. 1881. Buried in Alford churchyard 15 Aug. The life of John Duncan by W. Jolly 1883, portrait; H. A. Page’s Leaders of men (1880) 220–63.
DUNCAN, Jonathan (son of Jonathan Duncan 1756–1811, governor of Bombay). b. Bombay; ed. at Trin. coll. Cam., B.A. 1821; edited Guernsey and Jersey Mag. 4 vols. 1836–37; wrote and spoke frequently on financial matters and other questions of reform; started The Journal of Industry 1850, 16 numbers only; author of History of Russia 2 vols. 1854 and many other books. d. 33 Norland sq. Notting hill, London 20 Oct. 1865 aged 65.
DUNCAN, Right Rev. Patrick (son of John Duncan of parish of Kilmactiague, co. Sligo). b. parish of Kilmactiague 5 Feb. 1790; ed. at Ballaghadereen and Maynooth; ordained priest 1820; bishop of Achonry 1852 to death, elected 28 Sep. 1852, consecrated 30 Nov. 1852. d. Ballaghadereen 1 May 1875.
DUNCAN, Philip Bury (son of Rev. John Duncan, R. of South Warnborough, Hants.) b. South Warnborough 1772; ed. at Winchester and New coll. Ox., fellow 1792; B.A. 1794, M.A. 1798, D.C.L. 1855; barrister L.I. 24 May 1800; lived much at Bath 1801 to death; keeper of Ashmolean Museum, Oxford 1826 to 1855; author of Reliquiæ Romanæ 1836; Essays and Miscellanea 1840 and other books. d. Westfield lodge near Bath 12 Nov. 1863.
DUNCAN, Rev. Thomas. b. parish of Cameron, Scotland, Oct. 1777; ed. at Univ. of St. Andrews; a preacher of the Established Church; rector of Dundee Academy 1802–20; professor of mathematics in Univ. of St. Andrews, Nov. 1820 to death; author of Elements of plane geometry 1848. d. St. Andrews 23 March 1858.
DUNCAN, William Augustine. b. Aberdeenshire 1811; publisher and bookseller at Aberdeen 5 years; went to New South Wales, July 1838; a publisher in Sydney 1838; edited the Australasian Chronicle 3 Sep. 1839 to 1843; issued Duncan’s Weekly Register of politics, facts, and general literature 1843; sub-collector of customs at Moreton Bay 1846; collector of customs for N.S.W. Jany. 1859 to 1881; C.M.G. 1881; author of A plea for New South Wales constitution 1856. d. Aug. 1885.
DUNCOMBE, Arthur (4 son of 1 Baron Feversham 1764–1841). b. 24 March 1806; entered navy 1 April 1819; captain 24 Oct. 1834; R.A. on h.p. 1 Dec. 1856; admiral on h.p. 18 Oct. 1867; M.P. for East Retford 1830–31 and 1835–51, M.P. for East Riding of Yorkshire 1851–68; groom in waiting to the Queen 1841–46; lord of the Admiralty Feb. to Dec. 1852; sheriff of Yorkshire 1874; chairman of East Riding quarter sessions. d. Kilnwick Percy near Pocklington, Yorkshire 6 Feb. 1889.