Newburgh Burroughs

Newburgh Burroughs (died 1798)^[1] was an eighteenth-century Irish Anglican priest.^[2]

Newburgh was the second son of Lewis Burroughs, himself a former Archdeacon of Derry, and was educated at Trinity College, Dublin.^[3] He was Chaplain to the John Sackville, 3rd Duke of Dorset^[4] then the incumbent at Bellaghy from 1787 to 1795.^[5] Burroughs was the Archdeacon of Derry^[6] from 1795 until his death in 1798.^[7]

His brother was the judge and politician Sir William Burroughs, 1st Baronet.^[8]

References

1. The Gentleman's Magazine. Volume 146. p82: London; R. Newton; 1829
2. The Baronetage of England, Or the History of the English Baronets, Volume 5 (1805). Betham, W. p599: London; E. Lloyd.
3. Alumni Dublinenses: a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860) (1935). Burtchaell, G.D/Sadlier, T.U p117: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co.
4. "SACKVILLE, John Frederick (1745-99)". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
5. Incumbents of Bellaghy
6. "The Estate of the Diocess of Derry." Part IX. Archdeacons of Derry George Downham and William Alexander Reynell. Ulster Journal of Archaeology. Second Series, Vol. 4, No. 1 (Oct., 1897), pp. 56–64
7. Fasti ecclesiae Hibernicae : the succession of the prelates and members of the Cathedral bodies of Ireland Vol III (1849). Cotton, H. p338: Dublin, Hodges.
8. historyofparliamentonline.org BURROUGHS, William (?1753–1829), of Castle Bagshaw, co. Cavan.