George Lewis Newnham (c. 1733–1800) was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the

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from 1774 to 1780. Newnham was the eldest son of

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, a London merchant and MP, and his wife Sarah Adams. He was educated at

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from 1745 to 1748 and was admitted to

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on 20 November 1749 and

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on 10 April 1751. He was called to the bar on 3 February 1757. Newnham's father recommended his son to the Duke of Newcastle for a seat in Parliament in 1761, but the Duke appeared to exclude him from opportunities at Lewes. In 1768 Newnham stood at Nottingham but withdrew before the poll. He became a

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of Lincoln's Inn and

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in 1772. At the 1774 general election, he was returned unopposed as

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for

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on the interest of Sir John Shelley. In Parliament he voted with the opposition, but does not appear to have spoken. He did not stand in the 1780 general election. Newnham married Mary Ashton of

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on 7 October 1778. He succeeded to his mother's

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estate on her death in 1788. He died on 2 August 1800. He and his wife Mary had one son.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Newnham, George Year of birth uncertain 1730s births 1800 deaths Alumni of Clare College, Cambridge British MPs 1774–1780 English King's Counsel Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies People educated at Eton College People from Newtimber English barristers