L. C. R. Duncombe-Jewell

Deceased Person

1866 – 1947

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Who was L. C. R. Duncombe-Jewell?

Louis Charles Richard Duncombe-Jewell, born Louis Charles Richard Jewell, was a soldier, special war correspondent of The Times and Morning Post, sportsman and sometimes poet, he was a champion of the Cornish language.

Born at Liskeard in Cornwall, he assumed the additional surname of Duncombe in accordance with his grandmother’s will in 1895. His parents were members of the Plymouth Brethren but he later converted to Catholicism.

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Born
Sep 10, 1866
Died
1947

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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