Sir John Newton, 2nd Baronet (9 June 162631 May 1699) was an English politician who sat in the

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from 1660 to 1685. Newton was the son of Thomas Newton of Gunwarley, Lincolnshire.John Burke, John Bernard Burke ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies''
/ref> In 1660, Newton was elected Member of Parliament for

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in the Convention Parliament.History of Parliament Online - Newton, John
/ref> In 1661 he inherited the

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of Barrs Court on the death of Sir John Newton, 1st Baronet who died childless and had provision under the patent to bequeath his title and

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estate accordingly. He was re-elected MP for Grantham in 1661 to the

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and held the seat through subsequent parliaments to 1685. Newton died at the age of 73. He had married Mary Eyre daughter of Sir Gervase Eyre of Rampton, Nottinghamshire. Their son

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succeeded to the baronetcy and the Culverthorpe estate.

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