Sir Thomas Newcomen, 8th Baronet (1740 – 27 April 1789) was an

Anglo-Irish Anglo-Irish people () denotes an ethnic, social and religious grouping who are mostly the descendants and successors of the English Protestant Ascendancy in Ireland. They mostly belong to the Anglican Church of Ireland, which was the establis ...

politician. He was the son of

Sir Arthur Newcomen, 7th Baronet Sir Arthur Newcomen, 7th Baronet (1701 – 25 November 1759) was an Anglo-Irish politician. Newcomen was the son of Sir Robert Newcomen, 6th Baronet and succeeded to his father's title on 6 March 1735. He was the Member of Parliament for County ...

and succeeded to his

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upon his father's death on 25 November 1759. He sat in the

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as the

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for

County Longford County Longford ( gle, Contae an Longfoirt) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Leinster. It is named after the town of Longford. Longford County Council is the local authority for the county. The population of the county was 46,6 ...

from 1759 and 1760. He then represented Longford Borough between 1761 and 1768.E. M. Johnston-Liik
''MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament, 1692-1800''
(Ulster Historical Foundation, 2006), p.111 (Retrieved 19 April 2020). His title became extinct upon his death.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Newcomen, Thomas, 8th Baronet 1740 births 1789 deaths 18th-century Anglo-Irish people Baronets in the Baronetage of Ireland Irish MPs 1727–1760 Irish MPs 1761–1768 Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Longford constituencies Newcomen family