Newton Wallop, 6th Earl of Portsmouth
JP,
DL (19 January 1856 – 4 December 1917), styled Viscount Lymington until 1891, was a British
Liberal
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politician but then joined the
Liberal Unionist Party
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in 1886. He later switched back to the Liberal Party to serve as
Under-Secretary of State for War
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under
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman (né Campbell; 7 September 183622 April 1908) was a British statesman and Liberal politician. He served as the prime minister of the United Kingdom from 1905 to 1908 and leader of the Liberal Party from 1899 to 19 ...
from 1905 to 1908.
Background and education
Lymington was born in
Hurstbourne Priors
Hurstbourne Priors is a small village and civil parish in the Basingstoke and Deane district of Hampshire, England. Its nearest town is Whitchurch, which lies approximately 1.8 miles (3.1 km) north-east from the village.
The church of St An ...
,
Hampshire
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, the eldest son of Isaac Wallop, 5th Earl of Portsmouth, and his wife Lady Eveline Alicia Juliana Herbert, daughter of
Henry Herbert, 3rd Earl of Carnarvon
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Background and education
Herbert was born in London ...
. He was educated at
Eton College
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and from 1876 to 1879 at
Balliol College, Oxford
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, where he was President of the
Oxford Union
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.
Political career
Lymington was elected
Member of Parliament
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(MP) for
Barnstaple
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at a by-election in February 1880,
a seat he held until 1885 when representation was reduced to one member under the
Redistribution of Seats Act 1885
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. At the
1885 general election, he was elected MP for
South Molton
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and held the seat until 1891.
In the latter year he succeeded his father in the earldom and took his seat in the
House of Lords
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. From 1905 to 1908 Lord Portsmouth served as
Under-Secretary of State for War
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in the
Liberal administration of
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman (né Campbell; 7 September 183622 April 1908) was a British statesman and Liberal politician. He served as the prime minister of the United Kingdom from 1905 to 1908 and leader of the Liberal Party from 1899 to 19 ...
.
Lord Portsmouth was also a
Justice of the Peace
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for
Hampshire
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and
Devon
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and a
Deputy Lieutenant.
In 1908 he bought
Guisachan
Glen Affric ( gd, Gleann Afraig) is a glen south-west of the village of Cannich in the Highland region of Scotland, some west of Loch Ness. The River Affric runs along its length, passing through Loch Affric and Loch Beinn a' Mheadhoin. A minor ...
House and its huge deer estate in
Glen Affric
Glen Affric ( gd, Gleann Afraig) is a glen south-west of the village of Cannich in the Highland region of Scotland, some west of Loch Ness. The River Affric runs along its length, passing through Loch Affric and Loch Beinn a' Mheadhoin. A mi ...
from
Baron Tweedsmouth. His widow put the estate on the market in 1919 after his death.
[Scotland's Lost Houses by Ian Gow]
Family
Lord Portsmouth married
Beatrice Mary Pease, only child of Edward Pease of Darlington, in 1885. He died in December 1917 at Whitchurch, aged 61, and was succeeded in the earldom by his younger brother, John. The Countess of Portsmouth died in 1935.
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1856 births
1917 deaths
People educated at Eton College
Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford
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Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Barnstaple
People from Basingstoke and Deane