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DeutschSir William Gleadowe-Newcomen, 1st Baronet
Sir William Gleadowe-Newcomen, 1st Baronet (1741 – 21 August 1807) was an Anglo-Irish politician and banker.[1]
Biography
[edit]Born William Gleadowe, he assumed the additional surname and arms of Newcomen following his marriage to Charlotte Newcomen, only child and heiress of Edward Newcomen, on 17 October 1772. On 9 October 1781 he was created a baronet, of Carrickglass in the Baronetage of Ireland.[1]
Gleadowe-Newcomen was elected Company Secretary of the Royal Canal Company at its first meeting (13th November 1789).[2] His involvement in the enterprise is recalled in the naming of Newcomen Bridge which spans the Royal Canal at North Strand and was completed in 1793.[3]
He followed in his father's footsteps as a banker, running a private bank commonly known as Newcomen's Bank. The former bank building is considered to be one of Dublin's finest eighteenth century buildings.[4][5] It was designed by Thomas Ivory in 1781.
Between 1790 and 1800 Gleadowe-Newcomen was the Member of Parliament for County Longford in the Irish House of Commons.[6] Following the Acts of Union 1800, he represented Longford in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom between 1801 and 1802.[1]
On 29 July 1800 Gleadowe-Newcomen's wife was created Baroness Newcomen in the Peerage of Ireland in honour of her husband, with the remainder to his male heirs.[1] Upon Gleadowe-Newcomen's death in 1807 he was succeeded by his son, Thomas Gleadowe-Newcomen. He also had three daughters, the eldest of whom, Teresa, married Sir Charles Turner of Kirkleatham. William Gleadowe-Newcomen is interred in a family tomb at Drumcondra Churchyard, as is his son Thomas.[1][7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Cokayne, George Edward (1900). Complete Baronetage (Volume 5). Exeter: W. Pollard & co., ltd. p. 402.
- ^ Delany, Ruth; Bath, Ian, eds. (2010). Ireland's royal canal: 1789 – 2009. Dublin: Lilliput Press. ISBN 978-1-84351-162-5.
- ^ FUSIO. "Newcomen Bridge and 1st Lock, North Strand Road, Dublin 1, DUBLIN". Buildings of Ireland. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
- ^ "Dublin City Architects Blog — THE FORMER NEWCOMEN BANK (Dublin City Council Rates Office)". Retrieved 25 June 2023.
- ^ FUSIO. "Dublin City Council, 16 Cork Hill, Castle Street/Lord Edward Street, Dublin 2, DUBLIN". Buildings of Ireland. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
- ^ E. M. Johnston-Liik, MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament, 1692–1800 (Ulster Historical Foundation, 2006), p. 91 (Retrieved 4 April 2020).
- ^ Garrett, Arthur (1970). From Age to Age, history of the parish of Drumcondra, North Strand, St. Barnabas. Dublin: Parish of Drumcondra, North Strand and St. Barnabas. p. 60.