Thomas Newport, Baron Torrington

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Thomas Newport, 1st Baron Torrington PC, (c. 1655 – 27 May 1719) was an English peer and Whig politician.

The second son of the 1st Earl of Bradford and Lady Diana Russell was born in High Ercall, Shropshire. Newport was educated at Christ Church, Oxford and matriculated in 1672. He was called to the Bar by Inner Temple in 1678 and worked as a Barrister-at-Law.

From 1695 to 1698 and from 1699 to 1700, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Ludlow. He was further MP for Winchelsea from January to November 1701, and for (Much) Wenlock in 1715 and 1716.

Newport was Commissioner of the Customs from 1699 to 1711 or 1712. In 1715, he became Lord of the Treasury and held this office until 1718. On 20 June 1716, he was elevated to the peerage as Baron Torrington, in the County of Devon. One year later he was invested as a Privy Counsellor. In 1718 and 1719 he was Teller of the Exchequer.

Lord Torrington has married thrice, firstly to Lucy Atkyns, daughter of Sir Edward Atkyns, secondly on 22 July 1700 to Penelope Mary Bridgeman, daughter of Sir Orlando Bridgeman, 1st Baronet in Chelsea, London and thirdly to Anne Pierrepont, daughter of Robert Pierrepont after 1705.

Newport died childless and was buried in Wroxeter, Shropshire on 12 June 1719. His barony became extinct.

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Parliament of England
Preceded by Silius Titus Francis Lloyd	Member of Parliament for Ludlow with Charles Baldwyn 1695–1698	Succeeded by Francis Herbert William Gower
Preceded by Francis Herbert William Gower	Member of Parliament for Ludlow with Francis Herbert 1699–1700	Succeeded by Sir Thomas Powys William Gower
Preceded by John Hayes Robert Bristow	Member of Parliament for Winchelsea with Robert Bristow 1701	Succeeded by John Hayes Robert Austen
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Sir William Forester Richard Newport	Member of Parliament for (Much) Wenlock with William Forester 1715–1716	Succeeded by William Forester Sir Humphrey Briggs
Political offices
Preceded by The Lord Onslow	Teller of the Exchequer 1718–1719	Succeeded by Viscount Parker
Peerage of Great Britain
New creation	Baron Torrington 1716–1719	Extinct