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]

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  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.