Sir Harry Newton, 2nd Baronet explained

Honorific Prefix:Sir
Harry Newton
Honorific Suffix:Bt
Constituency Mp:Harwich
Term Start:10 February 1910
Term End:26 October 1922
Predecessor:Arthur Lever
Successor:Albert Hillary
Country:United Kingdom
Birth Date:2 April 1875
Party:Conservative

Sir Harry Kottingham Newton, 2nd Baronet (2 April 1875 – 22 June 1951) was a British Conservative Party politician. He was elected member of parliament (MP) for Harwich in 1910, a seat he held until 1922.

Newton was educated at Rugby School and New College, Oxford. He served in the Second Boer War with a City volunteer regiment when his father was Lord Mayor. He was a Lieutenant of the City of London and a director of Harrods.

He died in June 1951, aged 76.

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