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John Dunscombe (1777 – November 1847) was a merchant and political figure in Newfoundland. He was a member of the Executive Council for Newfoundland from 1833 to 1842.
Dunscombe was born in Bermuda and came to Newfoundland in 1808 as an agent for a group of Bermuda businessman. He sold St. John's Hill, his property in Spanish Point, Bermuda, to the Government of Bermuda in 1816, which was gifted to its existing tenant, the Royal Navy, to become the new Admiralty House for the North America and West Indies Station. He was named an aide-de-camp for Governor Thomas John Cochrane in 1825. In 1845, he moved to Montreal. Dunscombe died in Liverpool, England.
His daughter Caroline Augusta married James Crowdy, a member of the assembly. His daughter Sarah Christiana married Church of England clergyman Thomas Finch Hobday Bridge.