Colonel Brockhill Newburgh ( – 11 January 1741) was an

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politician. Ballyhaise agricultural college

He was the second son of Thomas Newburgh and his wife Mary, the daughter of

Brockhill Taylor Brockhill Taylor (died 1636) was a member of Parliament for Cavan Borough from 1634 to 1635 in the Irish House of Commons. In 1609 his father, John Taylor from Cambridge, had received the patentee of Ballyhaise, namely of arable land in Barony ...

, M.P, of Ballyhaise, who had represented Cavan Borough in the

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. He inherited the estate of Ballyhaise in 1697 on the death of his elder brother. He was appointed

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for 1704. From 1715 until 1727, Newburgh sat as

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(MP) for

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. He was chairman of the Linen Board. He built Ballyhaise House, and did much to improve the village of

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, erecting the first stone bridge there. He married Maria, the daughter of Oliver More of Salestown, Co. Kildare, and died on 11 January 1741/2, leaving four sons and two daughters. His eldest son and heir was the poet

Thomas Newburgh Thomas Newburgh (–1779) was an Irish poet. He was the eldest son of Brockhill Newburgh, chairman of the board of linen manufacturers, who owned estates and property at Ballyhaise, co. Cavan. Amongst his works was a miscellaneous collection ...

, publisher of ''Essays, Poetical, Moral, &c''., 1769, a work that perhaps contains notes from, and is sometimes attributed to, Brockhill Newburgh.

References

* 'Notes and Queries', 26 July 1913. * 'Particulars relating to the life and character of the late Brockhill Newburgh', 1761. 1660s births 1741 deaths Politicians from County Cavan Irish MPs 1715–1727 Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Cavan constituencies High Sheriffs of Cavan {{Ireland-pre1801-MP-stub