Family and Education
b. c. 1655, 5th s. of Francis Newport†, 1st Earl of Bradford; bro. of Hon. Richard Newport I*. educ. Christ Church, Oxf. matric. 21 May 1672, aged 17; I. Temple 1674, called 1678, reader 1700–2. m. (1) 20 Jan. 1655, Lucy (d. 1696), da. of Sir Edward Atkyns†, of Hensington, Oxon. and South Pickenham, Norf., l.c. baron of the Exchequer, s.p.; (2) 22 July 1700, Penelope (d. 1705), da. of Sir Orlando Bridgeman, 1st Bt.†, of Ridley, Cheshire, s.p.; (3) lic. 8 July 1709, Anne, da. of Robert Pierrepont† of Nottingham, s.p. suc. uncle Hon. Andrew Newport* 1699; cr. Baron Torrington 20 June 1716. IGI, London; Mar. Lic. Fac. Off. (Brit. Rec. Soc. xxxiii), 246.
Offices Held
Freeman, Ludlow 1695.
Commr. of customs 1699–1712; ld. of Treasury 1715– Mar. 1718; PC 30 Mar. 1717; teller of Exchequer Mar. 1718–d.
Main residence: Brigstock, Northants.
Volume
Commons 1690-1715
Web Title
NEWPORT, Hon. Thomas (c.1655-1719)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
No
Addresses
Religion
Image