Francis Newall, 2nd Baron Newall

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Lord Newall
Born (1930-06-23) 23 June 1930 (age 93)
Surrey

Francis Storer Eaton Newall, 2nd Baron Newall

DL (born 23 June 1930, in Surrey, England), is the son of Marshal of the Royal Air Force and Governor-General of New Zealand Sir Cyril Newall and his wife Olivia, and has served as a soldier, staff officer
, diplomat, politician, legislator, businessman, and representative of the Crown in a variety of capacities.

Early life and education

Air Chief Marshal Sir Cyril Newall

Newall resided in his family's Surrey home before leaving for Cairo upon his father's appointment as Air Officer Commanding Middle East. There he remained for four years, returning again to Surrey from 1935 to 1941, at which point he and his family were moved to New Zealand following Sir Cyril's appointment as Governor-General. Unlike the rest of his family, he only remained two years: in 1943, having matriculated at Eton, he returned home, residing there and with strangers and friends of his parents from then until the end of his father's term of office after the end of the war, in 1946.

Military service

Newall remained at Eton until 1948, when he volunteered for

Communist insurgency there (see Malayan Emergency). During his service there, he served in a variety of roles, including intelligence, domestic pacification, and aide-de-camp to General Sir Charles Loewen, Commander-in-Chief Far East Land Forces. In 1956 he was promoted Captain and returned to Britain as adjutant to the Royal Gloucestershire Hussars, and served in a variety of roles thereafter until his 1961 retirement following contraction of jaundice in Omagh
, Northern Ireland.

Business career

At this point, Newall entered the business world. He joined

web application development
company.

At this time Lord Newall began to engage seriously in politics. He took his seat as a

Nicolae Ceauşescu and members of his government; and, more recently, in Azerbaijan
.

Lord Newall also takes active interests in both sports and charity work. He served for twelve years as chairman of the British Greyhound Racing Board

SPANA (Society for the Protection of Animals Abroad)
, chairman of the Lord Barnby Charitable Association and of the British Moroccan Society, and a committee member for the Not Forgotten Association, which works to provide services for disabled British servicepeople. He is also honorary president of the Committee for Release of Tindouf Prisoners, which campaigns for the release of a great many of the longest-held prisoners in the world who are held in dreadful conditions in a concentration camp in Algeria.

Family

Lord Newall has three children – daughter Miranda and sons Richard and David – nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren with his wife Panna; they have been married since c. 1957. The garden of his home in Buckinghamshire, where he has resided since c. 1975, is open to the public.

Arms

Coat of arms of Francis Newall, 2nd Baron Newall
Crest
Issuant from an astral crown Or an eagle wings elevated Sable breathing flames Proper.
Escutcheon
Per pale Azure and Gules two lions passant guardant in pale Or on a chief Ermine a rose of the second between a lotus flower and a sprig of New Zealand fern all Proper.
Supporters
On either side a pegasus Argent gorged with an astral crown Or.
Motto
Deo Juvante[3]

References

  1. ^ Sherman, John (24 August 1969). "His Lordship's Peerless Poise Aids a Cool Head for Business". Hartford Courant. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  2. ^ ""Call for inquiry into greyhound racing betting." Times, 11 Jan. 1990, p. 36". The Times. Times Digital Archives. 11 January 1990. p. 36.
  3. ^ Burke's Peerage. 1956.

External links

Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Baron Newall
1963–present 		Incumbent
Heir apparent:
Hon. Richard Newall
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