William Legh, 1st Baron Newton
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William John Legh, 1st Baron Newton, DL (19 December 1828 – 15 December 1898), was a British Conservative politician and Volunteer officer.[1]
Early life
Legh was the son of William Legh.
Career
He sat as a Member of Parliament for Lancashire South from 1859 to 1865 and for Cheshire East from 1868 to 1885. On 27 August 1892 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Newton, of Newton-in-Makerfield in the County Palatine of Lancaster.[2]
On 5 May 1866 he was commissioned as Lieutenant-Colonel to command the 4th Administrative Battalion, Cheshire Rifle Volunteer Corps, and after his period of command he was appointed Honorary Colonel of the part-time battalion on 25 January 1873.[3]
Personal life
Lord Newton married Emily Jane, daughter of the Venerable Charles Nourse Wodehouse, Archdeacon of Norwich, in 1856.
He died in December 1898, aged 69, and was succeeded in the barony by his eldest son Thomas, who became a government minister. His great-grandson Peter Legh, 4th Baron Newton, was also a Conservative politician and government minister. Lady Newton died in 1901.[4]
Arms
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Notes
This article needs additional citations for verification. (September 2014) |
- ^ "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com.
- ^ "No. 26328". The London Gazette. 23 September 1892. p. 5384.
- ^ Army List.
- ^ "Person Page 22466". The Peerage. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
- ^ Debrett's Peerage. 2019. p. 3807.
References
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, [page needed]
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [self-published source] [better source needed]
External links
- 1828 births
- 1898 deaths
- Barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
- Deputy lieutenants of Cheshire
- Deputy lieutenants of Lancashire
- Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies
- UK MPs 1859–1865
- UK MPs 1868–1874
- UK MPs 1874–1880
- UK MPs 1880–1885
- UK MPs who were granted peerages
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