Portrait of Sir William Gleadowe Newcomen seated at a table and the Hon

Sir William Gleadowe-Newcomen, 1st Baronet (1741–21 August 1807) was an

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politician. 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

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, of Carrickglass in the

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. Between 1790 and 1800 Gleadowe-Newcomen was the

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for

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in the

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.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). Following the

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, he represented

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in the

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between 1801 and 1802. On 29 July 1800 Gleadowe-Newcomen's wife was created

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in the

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in honour of her husband, with the remainder to his male heirs. 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

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gleadowe-Newcomen, William, 1st Baronet 1741 births 1807 deaths 18th-century Anglo-Irish people 19th-century Anglo-Irish people Irish MPs 1790–1797 Irish MPs 1798–1800 Baronets in the Baronetage of Ireland Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Longford constituencies Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Longford constituencies (1801–1922) Newcomen family UK MPs 1801–1802