"Newburgh Hamilton (1691–1761) was an Irish author and librettist.
He was born in County Tyrone, Ireland and entered Trinity College, Dublin, in 1708, aged sixteen, but (as ...
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was common in those days) he left without obtaining a degree. He is known to have been George Frederick Handel´s librettist for three works: Alexander´s Feast (1736), Samson (1743) and the Occasional Oratorio (1746). In writing the libretto for Handel´s Samson (1743), he followed John Milton´s Samson Agonistes rather than creating it from the story found in the Book of Judges. His comedy The Petticoat-Plotter was presented at Drury Lane on 5 June 1712 and The Doating Lovers; or, the Libertine was premièred at Lincoln´s Inn Fields Theatre on 23 June 1715." - (en.wikipedia.org 08.07.2020)
