Richard Newport (MP) explained

Richard Newport
Birth Date:	28 July 1685
Death Date:	3 December 1716

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

Background

Newport was the second son of Richard Newport, 2nd Earl of Bradford, and his wife Mary Wilbraham, daughter of Sir Thomas Wilbraham, 3rd Baronet.^[1] His older brother was Henry Newport, 3rd Earl of Bradford, his younger brother was Thomas Newport, 4th Earl of Bradford,^[1] and his uncle was Thomas Newport, 1st Baron Torrington. He died unmarried and childless in December 1716 aged 31.^[2]

Politics

Newport entered the British House of Commons in a by-election in 1714, representing (Much) Wenlock as a Member of Parliament (MP) until 1715.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: ThePeerage - Hon. Richard Newport . 3 July 2009 .
2. Book: Eveline Cruickshanks, Stuart Handley and D. W. Hayton . The House of Commons, 1690-1715 . VI . Cambridge University Press . Cambridge . 2002 . 1024 .
3. Web site: Leigh Rayment - British House of Commons, (Much) Wenlock . https://web.archive.org/web/20090129123604/http://leighrayment.com/commons/Wcommons2.htm . 29 January 2009 . usurped . 3 July 2009 .