Thomas Newburgh
Thomas Newburgh (c. 1695–1779) was an Irish poet. • Illustration — Ballyhaise House, County Cavan He was the eldest son of Brockhill Newburgh, chairman of the board of linen manufacturers, who owned estates and property at Ballyhaise, County Cavan. Amongst his works was a miscellaneous collection, Essays, Poetical, Moral, &c, 1769, sometimes appearing in bibliographic records as the work of his father.
Thomas Newburgh
- Deadstar (msg) · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Died
- 1779
- Occupation
- poet
- Education
- University of Oxford
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Thomas Newburgh. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
Documentary evidence
Evidence Panel
identity unresolved · checked 25 September 2026
- Identity
- unresolved
- Independent source families
- 0
- Admitted assertions
- 0
- Open conflicts
- 0
Authority files
wikidata · Q7792721 · wikipedia · Thomas Newburgh
In this article
Biography
Newburgh attended Oxford UniversityOxford University, but returned to Ireland when he inherited the family estate. Newburgh's poetry included descriptions of buildings and monuments, unusual for the period, such as the lines on a walk at St Stephen's Green.
Thomas Newburgh studied at University of Oxford.
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
reference work
Partially resolvedreference work
Partially resolved
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 28 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Books
38,377 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Thomas MurnerAuthor
- Thomas NabbesAuthor
- Thomas NasheAuthor
- Thomas Nelson PageAuthor
- Thomas NorthAuthor
- Thomas NortonAuthor
- Thomas NuttallAuthor
- Thomas of CantimpréAuthor
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a work by Thomas Newburgh?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.