1. William Newcome was an Englishman and cleric of the Church of Ireland who was appointed to the bishoprics of Dromore, Ossory, Waterford and Lismore, and lastly to the Primatial See of Armagh.
11 Facts About William Newcome
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William Newcome was the second son of Joseph Newcome, vicar of St Helen's Church, Abingdon, rector of Barton-in-the-Clay, Bedfordshire, and grand-nephew of Henry Newcome.
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William Newcome was elected a Fellow of Hertford College in 1753, and afterwards Vice-Principal of Hertford College.
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In 1766, William Newcome went to Ireland as chaplain to Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford, who was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
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William Newcome had no English patron but Fox, who was not then in power.
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William Newcome's appointment was described by James Caulfeild, 1st Earl of Charlemont as the reward of character, principles, and erudition.
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William Newcome spent large sums on the improvement of the cathedral and palace at Armagh.
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William Newcome had influence through his work An attempt toward revising our English translation of the Greek Scriptures, and toward illustrating the sense by philological and explanatory notes.
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William Newcome worked on a revision of the whole English Bible, of which An Attempt was the New Testament portion.
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William Newcome was twice married, by his first wife Anna Maria Smyth, he produced one daughter, Isabella, wife of Anthony Chearnley.
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William Newcome died at his residence, St Stephen's Green, Dublin, on 11 January 1800, and was buried in the chapel of Trinity College, Dublin.