NEWSHAM, James (1715-69), of Chadshunt, Warws.

b. 7 Oct. 1715, o.s. of John Newsham of Chad-shunt by his 2nd w. educ. privately under David Mallet;Pope’s Works ed. Elwin and Courthope, ix. 438-9. Grand Tour 1735.Jas. Newsham to Thos. Robinson, 12 June 1735, Add. 23794, f. 62. unm. suc. to Chadshunt 1724; to Kentish property of his mother and assumed name of Craggs 1756, and to property of his aunt Elizabeth Eliot 1765.Hasted, Kent, i. 439.