Sir William Gleadowe-Newcomen, 1st Baronet

Sir William Gleadowe-Newcomen, 1st Baronet (1741 – 21 August 1807) was an Anglo-Irish politician and banker.

[2] His involvement in the enterprise is recalled in the naming of Newcomen Bridge which spans the Royal Canal at North Strand and was completed in 1793.

[7] Following the Acts of Union 1800, he represented Longford in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom between 1801 and 1802.

[1] On 29 July 1800 Gleadowe-Newcomen's wife was created Baroness Newcomen in the Peerage of Ireland in honour of her husband, with the remainder to his male heirs.

William Gleadowe-Newcomen is interred in a family tomb at Drumcondra Churchyard, as is his son Thomas.