Richard Newport (MP)

Richard Newport (28 July 1685 – 3 December 1716),^[1] styled The Honourable from 1708, was a British politician.

Background

Newport was the second son of Richard Newport, 2nd Earl of Bradford, and his wife Mary Wilbraham, daughter of Sir Thomas Wilbraham, 3rd Baronet.^[2] His older brother was Henry Newport, 3rd Earl of Bradford, his younger brother was Thomas Newport, 4th Earl of Bradford,^[2] and his uncle was Thomas Newport, 1st Baron Torrington.^[3] He died unmarried and childless in December 1716 aged 31.^[3]

Newport entered the British House of Commons in a by-election in 1714, representing (Much) Wenlock as a Member of Parliament (MP) until 1715.^[1]

^ ^a ^b "Leigh Rayment - British House of Commons, (Much) Wenlock". Archived from the original on 29 January 2009. Retrieved 3 July 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ ^a ^b "ThePeerage - Hon. Richard Newport". Retrieved 3 July 2009.
^ ^a ^b Eveline Cruickshanks, Stuart Handley and D. W. Hayton, ed. (2002). The House of Commons, 1690-1715. Vol. VI. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 1024.

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Preceded by Sir William Forester William Whitmore	Member of Parliament for (Much) Wenlock 1714–1715 With: Sir William Forester	Succeeded by Thomas Newport William Forester II

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