William Newcome
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The Most Reverend William Newcome |
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| Archbishop of Armagh, Primate of All Ireland | |
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| See | Armagh |
| Installed | 1795 |
| Term ended | 1800 |
| Predecessor | The Lord Rokeby |
| Successor | William Stuart |
| Other posts |
Bishop of Dromore (1766–75) Bishop of Ossory (1775–79) Bishop of Waterford and Lismore (1779–95) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
10 April 1729 Abingdon, Berkshire |
| Died | 11 January 1800 (aged 70) St Stephen's Green, Dublin |
| Buried | Trinity College, Dublin |
| Nationality | English |
| Denomination | Church of Ireland |
| Education | Abingdon School |
| Alma mater |
Pembroke College, Oxford Hertford College, Oxford |
William Newcome (1729–1800) was an Englishman and cleric of the Church of Ireland who was appointed to the bishoprics of Dromore (1766–1775), Ossory (1775–1779), Waterford and Lismore (1779–1795), and lastly to the Primatial See of Armagh (1795–1800).
He was born at Abingdon, Berkshire, on 10 April 1729. He was the second son of Joseph Newcome, vicar of St. Helen's, Abingdon, rector of Barton-in-the-Clay, Bedfordshire, and grand-nephew of Henry Newcome. He was educated at Abingdon School, obtained (1745) a scholarship at Pembroke College, Oxford, migrated to Hertford College, Oxford, and graduated M.A. 1753, and D.D. 1765. He was elected a Fellow of Hertford College in 1753, and afterwards Vice-Principal of Hertford College.
In 1766 Newcome went to Ireland as chaplain to Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford, appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Before the end of the year Newcome was promoted to the see of Dromore, which had become vacant in April. He was translated to Ossory in 1775; to Waterford and Lismore in 1779; finally he was made Archbishop of Armagh and primate of all Ireland on 25 January 1795, during the short-lived viceroyalty of William Fitzwilliam, 4th Earl Fitzwilliam.
Newcome's elevation to the primacy was said to be the express act of George III. He had no English patron but Fox, who was not then in power. His appointment was described by James Caulfeild, 1st Earl of Charlemont as the reward of character, principles, and erudition. His private fortune was large; he was able to advance without difficulty a sum of between fifteen and sixteen thousand pounds, assigned by parliament to the heirs of his predecessor, Richard Robinson, 1st Baron Rokeby. In his primary visitation of the province (1795) he strongly urged the neglected duty of clerical residence. He spent large sums on the improvement of the cathedral and palace at Armagh.
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