Sir Robert Newman, 1st Baronet

Sir Robert William Newman, 1st Baronet (18 August 1776 – 24 January 1848)^[1]^[2] was a British Whig politician.^[3] He was elected as one of the two Members of Parliament (MPs) for Bletchingley at a by-election in December 1812.^[3]

He held that seat until the 1818 general election, when he was returned for Exeter,^[4] and held the seat until the 1826 general election, which he did not contest.^[4]

He was created a baronet of Stokeley and of Mamhead in the County of Devon in 1836.^[5] He lived at Mamhead House, which he had built in the 1820s, employing Anthony Salvin as architect.^[6] He died, aged 71, and was succeeded by Sir Robert Lydston Newman, 2nd Baronet, who was killed in action at the battle of Inkerman.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 2)
^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 3)
^ ^a ^b Stooks Smith, Henry (1973) [1844–1850]. Craig, F. W. S. (ed.). The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-13-2.
^ ^a ^b Stooks Smith 1973, p. 70.
^ "No. 19359". The London Gazette. 23 February 1836. p. 358.
^ Allibone, Jill (1988). Anthony Salvin: Pioneer of Gothic Revival Architecture. Cambridge: Lutterworth Press. p. 23. ISBN 0-7188-2707-4.

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Robert Newman

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Sir Charles Talbot, Bt William Kenrick	Member of Parliament for Bletchingley 1812 – 1818 With: William Kenrick to 1814 John Bolland from 1814	Succeeded by Matthew Russell George Tennyson
Preceded by James Buller William Courtenay	Member of Parliament for Exeter 1818 – 1826 With: William Courtenay to Feb 1826 Samuel Trehawke Kekewich from Feb 1826	Succeeded by Lewis William Buck Samuel Trehawke Kekewich
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New creation	Baronet (of Stokeley & Mamhead) 1836–1848	Succeeded by Robert Lydston Newman