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Sir Edward Newenham

Male 1734 - 1814  (80 years)


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  • Name Sir Edward Newenham  [1, 2] 
    Born 13 May 1734  Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Military Colonel in the Irish Volunteers 
    Residence 1741  For a time in Drumcondra Castle where his aunt Jane Worth resided with her husband James Pierse Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Education 19 Mar 1751 
    Admitted to Trinity College 
    Occupation Corresponded regularly with Benjamin Franklin and George Washington 
    Occupation Openly supported the cause of American independence from Britain 
    Occupation 1776 
    MP for the County of Dublin (until 1797) 
    Occupation 1778 
    Built a small tower with an inscription in honour of George Washington at his home in Belcamp near Dublin 
    Occupation 1780 
    Entered into a bond with his son-in-law Alexander Graydon to pay 12 months later the outstanding sum of £ 1143 owed to his daughter Sarah Elizabeth 
    Occupation 13 Feb 1781 
    Incapable of meeting his obligations, Graydon appealed to the court of the exchequer and obtained a judgment for the payment 
    Occupation 18 Aug 1781 
    Described Alexander Graydon as "the most ill-tempered, revengeful, bad minded and stingy wretch that ever breathed" 
    Property Builder of Belcamp House (now Belcamp College) 
    Died 2 Oct 1814  Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I11915  Godbout
    Last Modified 18 Apr 2017 

    Father William Newenham,   b. Aft 1695, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1738, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 42 years) 
    Mother Dorothy Worth,   d. Jun 1734, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married Sep 1726  Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F6213  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Grace Anna Burton,   b. 1725, Burton Hall, County Carlow, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1807, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Married 4 Feb 1754  Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Sarah Elizabeth Newenham,   b. Abt 1757, Dublin, Leinster, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Oct 1825, Newcastle, Rathcoole, County of Dublin (Leinster), Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 68 years)
    Last Modified 18 Apr 2017 
    Family ID F6130  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S581] Sir Edward Newenham MP, 1734-1814, Defender of the Protestant Constitution, James Kelly, (Four Courts Press, Dublin, Ireland, 2004).

    2. [S579] Pedigree of The Graydon Family, compiled from wills and grants in the Irish Record Office, Notes by Alexander Graydon, Esq., J. P., Newcastle House, County Dublin, Ireland, (Dublin, Ireland, 1890, and provided courtesy of Mr. John Graydon from Toronto).


  

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