Henry Newte the younger (1609 – 20 October 1670) was an English politician who sat in the
House of Commons
The House of Commons is the name for the elected lower house of the bicameral parliaments of the United Kingdom and Canada. In both of these countries, the Commons holds much more legislative power than the nominally upper house of parliament. ...
in 1660.
Newte was the eldest son of Henry Newte The Elder
[William Harding The History of Tiverton in the County of Devon p.48] Town Clerk of
Tiverton, and was baptised in June 1609. He was a student at
Lyon's Inn
Lyon's Inn was one of the Inns of Chancery attached to London's Inner Temple. Founded some time during or before the reign of Henry V, the Inn educated lawyers including Edward Coke and John Selden, although it was never one of the larger Inns. It ...
. He succeeded his father as Town Clerk of Tiverton and held that office from 1625 to 1655, he was twice
Mayor of Tiverton
The ancient borough of Tiverton in Devon, England, is governed by a Mayor and Councillors.
The historic seat of government was Tiverton Guildhall, which was demolished to make way for the surviving Tiverton Town Hall, built in 1864 by Samuel Ga ...
. In November 1660, he was elected
Member of Parliament
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...
for
Tiverton in a by-election to the
Convention Parliament. He was commissioner for assessment for Devon from August 1660 to 1669. He was a
J.P. for Tiverton in 1665.
[ History of Parliament Online - Newte, Henry]
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Newte died at the age of 61. He and his wife Alice had one daughter.[
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References
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1609 births
1670 deaths
English MPs 1660