Richard Newport (MP)

For other people named Richard Newport, see Richard Newport (disambiguation).

Richard Newport (28 July 1685 – 3 December 1716),[1] styled The Honourable from 1708, was a British politician.

He was the second son of Richard Newport, 2nd Earl of Bradford and his wife Mary Wilbraham, daughter of Sir Thomas Wilbraham, 3rd Baronet.[2] His older brother was Henry Newport, 3rd Earl of Bradford, his younger brother was Thomas Newport, 4th Earl of Bradford[2] and his uncle was Thomas Newport, 1st Baron Torrington.[3] Newport entered the British House of Commons in a by-election in 1714, representing (Much) Wenlock as Member of Parliament (MP) until 1715.[1] He died unmarried and childless.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Leigh Rayment - British House of Commons, (Much) Wenlock". http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Wcommons2.htm. Retrieved 3 July 2009. 
  2. ^ a b "ThePeerage - Hon. Richard Newport". http://thepeerage.com/p14909.htm#i149084. Retrieved 3 July 2009. 
  3. ^ a b Eveline Cruickshanks, Stuart Handley and D. W. Hayton, ed (2002). The House of Commons, 1690-1715. vol. VI. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 1024. 
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by
Sir William Forester
William Whitmore		 Member of Parliament for (Much) Wenlock
1714 – 1715
With: Sir William Forester		 Succeeded by
Thomas Newport
William Forester