Richard Newport (28 July 1685 – 3 December 1716),
[ styled The Honourable from 1708, was a British politician.
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Background
Newport was the second son of Richard Newport, 2nd Earl of Bradford
Richard Newport, 2nd Earl of Bradford Privy Council of Great Britain, PC (3 September 1644 – 14 June 1723), styled The Honourable from 1651 to 1694 and subsequently Viscount Newport until 1708, was an England, English peer and British Whig P ...
, and his wife Mary Wilbraham, daughter of Sir Thomas Wilbraham, 3rd Baronet. His older brother was Henry Newport, 3rd Earl of Bradford
Henry Newport, 3rd Earl of Bradford (8 August 1683 – 25 December 1734) was an English peer and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1706 and 1722.
Newport was the eldest son of Richard Newport, 2nd Earl of Bradford and hi ...
, his younger brother was Thomas Newport, 4th Earl of Bradford
Thomas Newport, 4th Earl of Bradford (c. 1696 – 18 April 1762Doyle (1886), p. 208.), was an English peer and noble.
Newport was the third son of Richard Newport, 2nd Earl of Bradford.Collins (1756), p. 158. His mother Mary was the third daug ...
, and his uncle was Thomas Newport, 1st Baron Torrington
Thomas Newport, 1st Baron Torrington, ( – 27 May 1719) was an English barrister, Whig politician and peer who sat in the English and British House of Commons from 1695 until 1716 when he was raised to the peerage of Great Britain as Baron ...
.[ He died unmarried and childless in December 1716 aged 31.]
Politics
Newport entered the British House of Commons
The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the upper house, the House of Lords, it meets in the Palace of Westminster in London, England. The House of Commons is an elected body consisting of 650 memb ...
in a by-election in 1714, representing (Much) Wenlock as a member of parliament (MP) until 1715.
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1685 births
1716 deaths
British MPs 1713–1715
Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies
Younger sons of earls
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