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'''Peter Richard Legh, 4th Baron Newton''' (6 April 1915 – 16 June 1992), was a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] politician who held junior ministerial positions during the 1950s and 1960s.
|honorific-prefix = [[The Right Honourable]]
|name = The Lord Newton
|honorific-suffix =
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|office = [[Department for Education|Minister of State for Education and Science]]
Newton was the son of [[Richard William Davenport Legh, 3rd Baron Newton]] and Hon. Helen Winifred Meysey-Thompson, daughter of [[Henry Meysey-Thompson, 1st Baron Knaresborough]]. His grandfather [[Thomas Wodehouse Legh, 2nd Baron Newton]] was also a [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] politician and served as [[Paymaster-General]] during the [[First World War]].
|monarch = [[Elizabeth II]]
|primeminister = [[Sir Alec Douglas-Home]]
|term_start = 1 April 1964
|term_end = 16 October 1964
|predecessor = [[Edward Boyle, Baron Boyle of Handsworth|Sir Edward Boyle]]
|successor = [[B. V. Bowden, Baron Bowden|The Lord Bowden]]
 
{{collapsed infobox section begin|Ministerial offices 1957-64}}
Newton was educated at [[Eton College|Eton]] and [[Christ Church, Oxford]], and served in the [[Second World War]] as a Major in the [[Grenadier Guards]]. After the war Newton was a member of the [[Hampshire County Council]] from 1949 to 1952 and from 1954 to 1955. In 1951 he was elected [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Petersfield (UK Parliament constituency)|Petersfield]], and served in the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] administrations of [[Winston Churchill|Churchill]], [[Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon|Eden]] and [[Harold Macmillan|Macmillan]] as [[Parliamentary Private Secretary]] to the Financial Secretary to the Treasury [[John Boyd-Carpenter]] from 1952 to 1953, as an Assistant Government Whip from 1953 to 1955, as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury from 1955 to 1957, as [[Vice-Chamberlain of the Household]] from 1957 to 1959 and as [[Treasurer of the Household]] from 1959 to 1960. In 1960 Newton succeeded his father as 4th Baron Newton and took his seat in the [[British House of Lords|House of Lords]], causing a [[by-election]] in [[Petersfield (UK Parliament constituency)|Petersfield]] which was won by the Conservative candidate, [[Joan Quennell]].
 
|office1 = [[Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health]]
He continued to serve under [[Harold Macmillan|Macmillan]] and later [[Alec Douglas-Home|Home]] as [[Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard]] and Assistant Chief Whip in the [[British House of Lords|House of Lords]] from 1960 to 1962, as Joint [[Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health]] from 1962 to 1964 and as [[Minister of State for Education and Science]] in 1964.
|monarch1 = [[Elizabeth II]]
|primeminister1 = [[Harold Macmillan]]<br />[[Sir Alec Douglas-Home]]
|term_start1 = 6 September 1962
|term_end1 = 1 April 1964
|predecessor1 = [[Edith Pitt]]
|successor1 = [[Peter Kerr, 12th Marquess of Lothian|The Marquess of Lothian]]
 
|office3 = [[Captain of the Queen's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard|Deputy Chief Whip of the House of Lords <br /> Captain of the Queen's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard]]
In 1948 Newton married Priscilla Warburton, daughter of Captain John Egerton Warburton and widow of Major William Matthew Palmer, Viscount Wolmer, son and heir of [[Roundell Palmer, 3rd Earl of Selborne]]. They had two sons. Lord Newton died in June, 1992, aged 77. He was succeeded in the Barony by his elder son [[Richard Thomas Legh, 5th Baron Newton|Richard Thomas Legh]].
|term_start3 = 28 October 1960
|term_end3 = 6 September 1962
|monarch3 = [[Elizabeth II]]
|primeminister3 = [[Harold Macmillan]]
|predecessor3 = [[William Onslow, 6th Earl of Onslow|The Earl of Onslow]]
|successor3 = [[John Goschen, 3rd Viscount Goschen|The Viscount Goschen]]
 
|office4 = [[Treasurer of the Household|Deputy Chief Whip
of the House of Commons<br />Treasurer of the Household]]
|monarch4 = [[Elizabeth II]]
|primeminister4 = [[Harold Macmillan]]
|term_start4 = 16 January 1959
|term_end4 = 21 June 1960
|predecessor4 = [[Hendrie Oakshott, Baron Oakshott|Hendrie Oakshott]]
|successor4 = [[Sir Edward Wakefield, 1st Baronet|Sir Edward Wakefield, Bt.]]
 
|office5 = [[Vice-Chamberlain of the Household]]
|monarch5 = [[Elizabeth II]]
|primeminister5 = [[Harold Macmillan]]
|term_start5 = 17 September 1957
|term_end5 = 16 January 1959
|predecessor5 = [[Sir Richard Thompson, 1st Baronet|Sir Richard Thompson, Bt.]]
|successor5 = [[Sir Edward Wakefield, 1st Baronet|Sir Edward Wakefield, Bt.]]
 
|office6 = [[Lords Commissioners of the Treasury|Lord Commissioner of the Treasury]]
|monarch6 = [[Elizabeth II]]
|primeminister6 = [[Anthony Eden]]
|term_start6 = 13 June 1955
|term_end6 = 17 September 1957
|predecessor6 = [[Hendrie Oakshott, Baron Oakshott|Hendrie Oakshott]]
|successor6 = [[Richard Brooman-White]]
 
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|office7 = [[Member of the House of Lords]]<br />[[Lord Temporal]]
|term_start7= 12 June 1960
|term_end7 = 16 June 1992<br />[[Hereditary Peerage]]
|predecessor7 = [[Richard Legh, 3rd Baron Newton|The 3rd Lord Newton]]
|successor7 = [[Richard Legh, 5th Baron Newton|The 5th Lord Newton]]
 
|office8 = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]]<br />for [[Petersfield (UK Parliament constituency)|Petersfield]]
|parliament8 =
|predecessor8 = [[George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys (British Army officer)|Sir George Jeffreys]]
|successor8 = [[Joan Quennell]]
|term_start8 = 25 October 1951
|term_end8 = 11 June 1960
 
|birth_name = Peter Richard Legh
|birth_date = {{birth date|1915|4|6|df=yes}}
|birth_place = London, England
|death_date = {{death date and age|1992|6|16|1915|4|6|df=yes}}
|death_place = [[Droxford]], England
|nationality = [[United Kingdom|British]]
|party = [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|alma_mater = [[Christ Church, Oxford]]
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'''Peter Richard Legh, 4th Baron Newton''' (6 April 1915 &ndash; 16 June 1992), was a British [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] politician who held junior ministerial positions during the 1950s and 1960s.
 
Newton was born in [[Chelsea, London]], in 1915, the son of [[Richard Legh, 3rd Baron Newton]] and Helen Winifred Meysey-Thompson, daughter of [[Henry Meysey-Thompson, 1st Baron Knaresborough]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=6vqjzyt0z9AqcSiH21Pk%2Bg&scan=1|title=Index entry|accessdate=22 May 2023|work=FreeBMD|publisher=ONS}}</ref> His grandfather [[Thomas Wodehouse Legh, 2nd Baron Newton]] was also a [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] politician and served as [[Paymaster General]] during the [[First World War]]
 
Newton was educated at [[Eton College|Eton]] and [[Christ Church, Oxford]], and served in the [[Second World War]] as a Major in the [[Grenadier Guards]].<ref name = Cosgrave>{{cite news|last = Cosgrave|first = Patrick|title=Obituary: Lord Newton |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-lord-newton-1533835.html |url-access= |access-date=15 August 2022 |work=[[The Independent]]|location=London |date=17 July 1992}}</ref> After the war Newton was a member of the [[Hampshire County Council]] from 1949 to 1952 and from 1954 to 1955. In 1951 he was elected [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Petersfield (UK Parliament constituency)|Petersfield]], and served in the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] administrations of [[Winston Churchill|Churchill]], [[Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon|Eden]] and [[Harold Macmillan|Macmillan]] as [[Parliamentary Private Secretary]] to the Financial Secretary to the Treasury [[John Boyd-Carpenter]] from 1952 to 1953, as an Assistant Government Whip from 1953 to 1955, as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury from 1955 to 1957, as [[Vice-Chamberlain of the Household]] from 1957 to 1959 and as [[Treasurer of the Household]] from 1959 to 1960. In 1960 Newton succeeded his father as 4th Baron Newton and took his seat in the [[British House of Lords|House of Lords]], causing a [[by-election]] in [[Petersfield (UK Parliament constituency)|Petersfield]] which was won by the Conservative candidate, [[Joan Quennell]].<ref name = Cosgrave/>
 
He continued to serve under [[Harold Macmillan|Macmillan]] and later [[Alec Douglas-Home|Home]] as [[Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard]] and Assistant Chief Whip in the [[British House of Lords|House of Lords]] from 1960 to 1962, as Joint [[Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health]] from 1962 to 1964 and as [[Minister of State]] for [[Department for Education|Education and Science]] in 1964.<ref name = Cosgrave/>
 
In 1948 Newton married Priscilla Warburton, daughter of Captain John Egerton Warburton and widow of Major William Matthew Palmer, Viscount Wolmer, son and heir of [[Roundell Palmer, 3rd Earl of Selborne]]. They had two sons. Lord Newton died in [[Droxford]] on 16 June 1992, aged 77.<ref name = Cosgrave/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=JEMRt495cKEupsO11tc6lg&scan=1|title=Index entry|accessdate=22 May 2023|work=FreeBMD|publisher=ONS}}</ref> He was succeeded in the Barony by his elder son [[Richard Thomas Legh, 5th Baron Legh|Richard Thomas Legh]].
 
==Arms==
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|crest = Issuant out of a ducal coronet Or a ram's head Argent armed Or in the mouth a laurel slip Vert the whole debruised by a pallet wavy Azure.<ref>{{cite book|title=Debrett's Peerage |date=2019 |page=3807}}</ref>
|supporters = Two mastiffs Proper collared Sable.
|motto = En Dieu Est Ma Foi (In God Is My Faith)}}
 
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{{Succession box | title = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Petersfield (UK Parliament constituency)|Petersfield]] | years = [[1951 United Kingdom general election, 1951|1951]]&ndash;–[[1960 Petersfield by-election, 1960|1960]] | before = [[George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys (secondBritish Army creationofficer)|Sir George Jeffreys]] | after = [[Joan Quennell]]}}
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{{Succession box | before=[[Bernard Braine]] | title=[[Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health]] | with=[[Bernard Braine]] 1962&ndash;19641962–1964<br />[[Peter Kerr, 12th Marquess of Lothian|The Marquess of Lothian]] 1964 | years=1962&ndash;19641962–1964 | after=[[Bernard Braine]]<br />[[Peter Kerr, 12th Marquess of Lothian|The Marquess of Lothian]]}}
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{{Succession box | title=[[Baron Newton]] | before=[[Richard William Davenport Legh, 3rd Baron Newton|Richard Legh]] | after=[[Richard Thomas Legh, 5th Baron Legh|Richard Legh]] | years=1960&ndash;19921960–1992 }}
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[[Category:Barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Treasurers of the Household]]
[[Category:UK MPs 1951–551951–1955|Legh, Peter]]
[[Category:UK MPs 1955–591955–1959|Legh, Peter]]
[[Category:UK MPs 1959–641959–1964|Legh, Peter]]
[[Category:UK MPs who inherited peerages|Newton, B4]]
[[Category:People educated at Eton College]]
[[Category:Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford]]
[[Category:People from Petersfield]]
[[Category:Ministers in the Eden government, 1955–1957]]
[[Category:Ministers in the Macmillan and Douglas-Home governments, 1957–1964]]
[[Category:Military personnel from the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea]]
[[Category:People from Chelsea, London]]
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