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'''Peter Richard Legh, 4th Baron Newton''' (6 April 1915 – 16 June 1992)
Newton was born in [[Chelsea, London]], in 1915, the son of [[Richard Legh, 3rd Baron Newton]] and
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]]
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
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