NEWPORT, Hon. Richard II (1685-1716).

Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1690-1715, ed. D. Hayton, E. Cruickshanks, S. Handley, 2002
Available from Boydell and Brewer

Constituency

Dates

17 Mar. 1714 - 1715

Family and Education

b. 28 July 1685, 2nd s. of Richard Newport I*; bro. of Hon. Henry Newport*.  unm.

Offices Held

Biography

Returned at a by-election in 1714 on the interest of his father and of his great-uncle Sir William Forester*, Newport’s brief term in the House was uneventful. At the next general election he gave way to his uncle, Hon. Thomas Newport*; nor did he stand at the by-election held in July 1716 after the latter had resigned his seat. He died, v.p., on 3 Dec. 1716.1

Ref Volumes: 1690-1715

Author: D. W. Hayton

Notes

  • 1. G. T. O. Bridgeman, Newport Fam. 32.