Peter Legh, 4th Baron Newton

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Sir Alec Douglas-Home
Preceded bySir Edward Boyle
Succeeded byThe Lord Bowden
Ministerial offices 1957-64
Deputy Chief Whip of the House of Lords
Captain of the Queen's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard
In office
28 October 1960 – 6 September 1962
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterHarold Macmillan
Preceded byThe Earl of Onslow
Succeeded byThe Viscount Goschen
Deputy Chief Whip of the House of Commons
Treasurer of the Household
In office
16 January 1959 – 21 June 1960
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterHarold Macmillan
Preceded byHendrie Oakshott
Succeeded bySir Edward Wakefield, Bt.
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household
In office
17 September 1957 – 16 January 1959
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterHarold Macmillan
Preceded bySir Richard Thompson, Bt.
Succeeded bySir Edward Wakefield, Bt.
Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
In office
13 June 1955 – 17 September 1957
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterAnthony Eden
Preceded byHendrie Oakshott
Succeeded byRichard Brooman-White
Hereditary Peerage
Preceded byThe 3rd Lord Newton
Succeeded byThe 5th Lord Newton
Member of Parliament
for Petersfield
In office
25 October 1951 – 11 June 1960
Preceded bySir George Jeffreys
Succeeded byJoan Quennell
Personal details
Born
Peter Richard Legh

(1915-04-06)6 April 1915
London, England
Died16 June 1992(1992-06-16) (aged 77)
Droxford, England
Political partyConservative
Alma materChrist Church, Oxford

Peter Richard Legh, 4th Baron Newton (6 April 1915 – 16 June 1992), was a British Conservative politician who held junior ministerial positions during the 1950s and 1960s.

Newton was born in

First World War

Newton was educated at

House of Lords, causing a by-election in Petersfield which was won by the Conservative candidate, Joan Quennell.[2]

He continued to serve under

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.[2]

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

Richard Thomas Legh
.

Arms

Coat of arms of Peter Legh, 4th Baron Newton
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.[4]
Escutcheon
Gules a cross engrailed Argent in the chief point on an inescutcheon Sable semee of estoiles an arm in armour embowed of the second the hand Proper holding a pennon Silver all within a bordure wavy Or.
Supporters
Two mastiffs Proper collared Sable.
Motto
En Dieu Est Ma Foi (In God Is My Faith)

References

  1. ^ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d Cosgrave, Patrick (17 July 1992). "Obituary: Lord Newton". The Independent. London. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  3. ^ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  4. ^ Debrett's Peerage. 2019. p. 3807.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Petersfield
1951–1960 		Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Vice-Chamberlain of the Household
1957–1959 		Succeeded by
Edward Wakefield
Preceded by
Hendrie Oakshott
 Treasurer of the Household
1959–1960
Preceded by Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard
1960–1962 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health
1962–1964
With: Bernard Braine 1962–1964
The Marquess of Lothian 1964 		Succeeded by
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Baron Newton
1960–1992 		Succeeded by
Richard Legh
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