donoughmere

Updated: June 7, 2025

He took orders, and was Rector of Donoughmere, but his health failed, and he d. of consumption at 32. He is remembered for one short, but universally known and admired poem, The Burial of Sir John Moore, which first appeared anonymously in the Newry Telegraph in 1817. Antiquary, was b. at Oxf., where he was ed. and spent most of his life.

John W. (John William) Cousin - A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature