Isaac Newton Wallop, 5th Earl of Portsmouth DL JP(11 January 1825 – 4 October 1891) was a British Peer and the son of

Newton Fellowes, 4th Earl of Portsmouth Newton Fellowes, 4th Earl of Portsmouth (26 June 1772 – 9 January 1854) was an English politician, styled Hon. Newton Wallop until 1794 and Hon. Newton Fellowes from 1794 to 1853. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Andover from 1802 to 18 ...

and Lady Catharine Fortescue.

Early life

Portsmouth was born as Isaac Newton Fellowes, but later resumed the family surname and arms of Wallop without

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when he succeeded to the peerage in 1854.ellowes later Wallop 5th Earl of Portsmouth"> He was the son of

and Lady Catharine Fortescue, daughter of

Hugh Fortescue, 1st Earl Fortescue Hugh Fortescue, 1st Earl Fortescue (12 March 1753 – 16 June 1841) was a British peer, created Earl Fortescue in 1789. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Beaumaris from 1784 to 1785. Origins He was the son of Matthew Fortescue, 2nd B ...

. He was educated at

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and matriculated at

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, where he received a

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degree.

The Newton Papers

In 1872 Lord Portsmouth donated to his alma mater,

, a vast collection of papers by

Sir Isaac Newton Sir Isaac Newton (25 December 1642 – 20 March 1726/27) was an English mathematician, physicist, astronomer, alchemist, theologian, and author (described in his time as a "natural philosopher"), widely recognised as one of the great ...

which had descended through Newton's great-niece Catherine Conduitt, daughter of

John Conduitt John Conduitt (; c. 8 March 1688 – 23 May 1737), of Cranbury Park, Hampshire, was a British landowner and Whig politician. He sat in the House of Commons from 1721 to 1737. He was married to the half-niece of Sir Isaac Newton, whom Conduitt s ...

and

Catherine Barton Catherine Barton (1679–1739) was an English homemaker who oversaw the running of her uncle, scientist Isaac Newton's, household. She was reputed to be the source of the Isaac_Newton#Apple_incident, story of the apple inspiring Newton's work on gr ...

, into the Wallop family by her marriage to

John Wallop, Viscount Lymington John Wallop, Viscount Lymington (3 August 1718 – 19 November 1749) was a British politician, styled Hon. John Wallop from 1720 to 1743. Early life The eldest son of John Wallop, 1st Earl of Portsmouth, John Wallop, 1st Viscount Lymington, Wal ...

. A committee chaired by

John Couch Adams John Couch Adams (; 5 June 1819 – 21 January 1892) was a British mathematician and astronomer. He was born in Laneast, near Launceston, Cornwall, and died in Cambridge. His most famous achievement was predicting the existence and position of ...

and

Sir George Stokes Sir George Gabriel Stokes, 1st Baronet, (; 13 August 1819 – 1 February 1903) was an Irish English physicist and mathematician. Born in County Sligo, Ireland, Stokes spent all of his career at the University of Cambridge, where he was the Lu ...

was appointed by the University to review the papers. Adams and Stokes selected only Newton's scientific papers, not wanting to blemish his reputation as an enlightened intellectual and scientist. After spending sixteen years cataloging Newton's papers,

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kept a small number and returned the rest to the Earl of Portsmouth.

Marriage and issue

On 15 February 1855, Lord Portsmouth married Lady Eveline Alicia Juliana Herbert (21 December 1834 – 1 October 1906), daughter of

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, by his wife, Henrietta Anna Howard, daughter of Lord Henry Thomas Howard-Molyneux-Howard (yr. brother of

Bernard Howard, 12th Duke of Norfolk Bernard Edward Howard, 12th Duke of Norfolk, (21 November 1765 – 16 March 1842) was a British peer. Early life Howard was the son of Henry Howard (1713–1787) by his wife Juliana Molyneux, daughter of Sir William Molyneux, 6th Baronet (die ...

).ellowes later Wallop 5th Earl of Portsmouth"> They had twelve children: * Lady Rosamond Alicia Wallop (d. 19 November 1935); married Augustus Langham Christie in 1882 and had issue. * Lady Eveline Camilla Wallop (d. 13 September 1894); married

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MP in 1887; died without issue * Lady Catherine Henrietta Wallop (d. 21 August 1935); married

Charles Milnes Gaskell Charles George Milnes Gaskell PC (23 January 1842 – 9 January 1919) was an English lawyer and Liberal Party politician. Milnes Gaskell was born in London, the son of James Milnes Gaskell M.P., of Thornes House, Wakefield, Yorkshire, and Wenloc ...

in 1876 and had issue. * Lady Dorothea Hester Bluett Wallop (d. 29 December 1906); married Sir Richard Rycroft, 5th Bt., in 1886 and had issue. * Lady Gwendolen Margaret Wallop (d. 14 February 1943); married Vernon James Watney in 1891; had issue, grandmother of

Charles Lyell, 2nd Baron Lyell Captain Charles Antony Lyell, 2nd Baron Lyell, VC, 2nd Bt (14 June 1913 – 27 April 1943) was a British recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British ...

. * Lady Henrietta Anna Wallop (d. 8 February 1932); married John Carbery Evans in 1890; died without issue. * Newton Wallop, 6th Earl of Portsmouth (19 January 1856 – 4 December 1917); married Beatrice Mary Pease on 17 February 1885; died without issue * John Fellowes Wallop, 7th Earl of Portsmouth (27 December 1859 – 7 September 1925); died unmarried. *

Oliver Henry Wallop, 8th Earl of Portsmouth Oliver Henry Wallop, 8th Earl of Portsmouth (13 January 1861 – 10 February 1943), was a British peer and also served in the Wyoming State Legislature in the United States. Wallop was born at Eggesford#Old Eggesford House, Eggesford, Eggesfor ...

(13 January 1861 – 10 February 1943); married Marguerite Walker in 1897 and had issue: **

Gerard Vernon Wallop, 9th Earl of Portsmouth Gerard Vernon Wallop, 9th Earl of Portsmouth (16 May 1898 – 28 September 1984), styled Viscount Lymington from 1925 until 1943, was a British landowner, writer on agricultural topics, and politician involved in right-wing groups. Early life G ...

** Hon. Oliver Malcolm Wallop; father of

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* Hon. Robert Gerard Valoynes Wallop JP (6 July 1864 – 22 August 1940) * Rev. Hon. Arthur George Edward Wallop BA (12 October 1867 – 22 December 1898) * Hon. Frederick Henry Arthur Wallop BA (16 February 1870 – 9 August 1953)

Honours

Lord Portsmouth declined the elevation to a

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and the offer to become a

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from

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, thinking them 'beyond his merits'.

Death

He died on 4 October 1891 aged 66 and was succeeded in the Earldom by his son, Newton Wallop, 6th Earl of Portsmouth.ellowes later Wallop 5th Earl of Portsmouth">

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