William Cheyne, 2nd Viscount Newhaven

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William Cheyne, 2nd Viscount Newhaven (1657 – 1728) was a viscount in the Peerage of Ireland. From an ancient Buckinghamshire family he twice served as Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire, the first time for six months in 1702 until opposed by the Whigs, the second time for two years from 1712 after which he lost the position on the succession of King George I. He was also a Tory Member of Parliament for Buckinghamshire almost continuously between 1696 and 1705.

After he died, without heir, in 1728 he was buried in Drayton Beauchamp in Buckinghamshire. He was the last of the Cheyne family after whom Chenies in Buckinghamshire is named.

Parliament of England
Preceded by Sir William Drake Sir Roger Hill	Member for Amersham with Sir William Drake 1681–1687	Succeeded by Sir William Drake Edmund Waller
Preceded by Philip Musgrave Richard Lowther	Member for Appleby with Richard Lowther 1689–1690, Lord Clifford 1690–1694, Sir John Walter, 3rd Bt. 1694–1695 1689–1695	Succeeded by Sir William Twysden, 3rd Bt. Sir Christopher Musgrave, 4th Bt.
Preceded by Hon. Thomas Wharton Sir Richard Atkins, 2nd Bt.	Member for Buckinghamshire with Sir Richard Atkins, 2nd Bt. 1696, Henry Neale 1696–1698, Goodwin Wharton 1698–1701 1696–1701	Succeeded by Goodwin Wharton Robert Dormer
Preceded by Edmund Waller Montagu Drake	Member for Amersham with Sir John Garrard, 3rd Bt. 1698–1699	Succeeded by Sir John Garrard, 3rd Bt. John Drake
Preceded by Sir John Garrard, 3rd Bt. John Drake	Member for Amersham with Sir John Garrard, 3rd Bt. 1701, John Drake 1701 1701	Succeeded by John Drake Sir Samuel Garrard, 4th Bt.
Preceded by John Drake Sir Samuel Garrard, 4th Bt.	Member for Amersham with John Drake 1701–1702	Succeeded by John Drake Sir Samuel Garrard, 4th Bt.
Preceded by Goodwin Wharton Robert Dormer	Member for Buckinghamshire with Goodwin Wharton 1702–1704, Sir Richard Temple, 4th Bt. 1704–1705 1702–1705	Succeeded by Sir Richard Temple, 4th Bt. Robert Dormer
Preceded by John Drake Sir Samuel Garrard, 4th Bt.	Member for Amersham with Sir Samuel Garrard, 4th Bt. 1705–1707	Succeeded by Sir Samuel Garrard, 4th Bt. John Drake
Honorary titles
Preceded by The Marquess of Wharton	Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire 1702	Succeeded by The Earl of Bridgewater
Preceded by The Duke of Kent	Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire 1712–1714	Succeeded by The Earl of Bridgewater
Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by Charles Cheyne	Viscount Newhaven 1698–1728	Succeeded by Extinct