William John Legh, 1st Baron Newton, (19 December 1828 – 15 December 1898), was a British

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politician and

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officer.

Early life

Legh was the son of William Legh.

Career

He sat as a Member of Parliament for Lancashire South from 1859 to 1865 and for

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from 1868 to 1885. On 27 August 1892 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Newton, of Newton-in-Makerfield in the

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. On 5 May 1866 he was commissioned as Lieutenant-Colonel to command the 4th Administrative Battalion, Cheshire Rifle Volunteer Corps, and after his period of command he was appointed Honorary Colonel of the part-time battalion on 25 January 1873.

Personal life

Lord Newton married Emily Jane, daughter of the Venerable Charles Nourse Wodehouse, Archdeacon of Norwich, in 1856. He died in December 1898, aged 69, and was succeeded in the barony by his eldest son

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, who became a government minister. His great-grandson

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, was also a Conservative politician and government minister. Lady Newton died in 1901.

Arms

Notes

References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, *

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