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Francis Duncan C.B. (1836 – 16 November 1888)[1] was a Royal Artillery officer, lawyer, historian and Conservative[2] politician. He sat in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1888. LifeDuncan was born in Scotland,[2] the son of John Duncan and his wife Helen. He was educated at University of Aberdeen (honours MA) and entered the Royal Artillery in 1855. He went to Canada, where he was awarded Honorary D.C.L. from King's College in 1861. In 1864, he became a captain and in 1874 a major, receiving an Honorary LL.D. from University of Aberdeen in the same year. He was an instructor at the School of Gunnery from 1877 to 1882, becoming lieutenant-colonel in 1881 and receiving an Honorary D.C.L. from University of Durham in 1882.[3] While at Woolwich, Duncan, together with Surgeon-Major Peter Shepherd, a fellow graduate of Aberdeen University, established the concept of teaching first aid skills to civilians. Duncan was a deeply religious man with high humanitarian values who strongly supported the principle of battlefield ambulance transport.[4] From 1883 to 1885, he was employed with the Egyptian army (3rd Class Osmanleh) and became a colonel in 1885. He was author of several works relating to military history.[5] At the 1885 general election, Duncan was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Holborn.[6] He was re-elected in the 1886 general election[7] but died in post in 1888.[1][8] Most of his 59 interventions recorded in Hansard concerned military matters. Duncan married Mary K Cogswell from Halifax, Nova Scotia. One of the original Woolwich Free Ferry vessels was named after him.[9] Publications
References1. ^1 {{Rayment-hc|h|3|date=March 2012}} 2. ^British Census 1881 RG11 0748/8 p8 3. ^{{cite DNBSupp|wstitle=Duncan, Francis|first=Ernest Marsh |last=Lloyd}} 4. ^Colonel Vlas Efstathis, A history of first aid and its role in armed forces Nov 1999 ADF Health Journal P42-44 5. ^{{cite book |last=Mair |first=Robert Henry |title=Debrett's Illustrated House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1886 |url=https://archive.org/stream/debrettshouseo1886londuoft#page/n97/mode/1up |year=1886 |publisher=Dean & Son |location=London |page=44}} 6. ^{{London Gazette |issue= 25541 |date=18 December 1885 |page=6133 }} 7. ^{{London Gazette |issue= 25609 |date=20 July 1886 |page=3497 }} 8. ^1 {{cite book |last=Craig |first=F. W. S. |authorlink= F. W. S. Craig |title=British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 |origyear=1974 |edition= 2nd |year=1989 |publisher= Parliamentary Research Services |location=Chichester |isbn= 0-900178-27-2 |page=15}} 9. ^Woolwich Free Ferry System 10. ^[https://openlibrary.org/b/OL19535284M/History-of-the-Royal-Regiment-of-Artillery Open Library] External links
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