William Combe

William Combe (1551–1610), of Middle Temple, London and Warwick, was an English politician.

Life He was the posthumous younger son of John Combe (d. 1650) of Stratford-upon-Avon, Warws. by Jane, daughter of John Wheeler of Droitwich, Worcs. a servant of Nicholas Heath, the Catholic Bishop of Worcester. He had strong Catholic associations through his mother and his elder brother John Combe was classed as an adversary of the Protestant religion in 1564, although Combe himself conformed to the Elizabethan Religious Settlement.

It was presumably due to his association with the Sheldons, that he became MP for Droitwich in 1589. He represented Warwick in 1593, and may have already been working as legal counsel for the borough. At the time of his death he had no surviving children.