William Legh, 1st Baron Newton

William John Legh, 1st Baron Newton DL (19 December 1828 – 15 December 1898), was a British Conservative politician.

Legh was the son of William Legh and the member of an ancient Cheshire family. He sat as a Member of Parliament for Lancashire South from 1859 to 1868 and for Cheshire East from 1868 to 1885. On 27 August 1892 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Newton, of Newton-in-Makerfield in the County Palatine of Lancaster.

Lord Newton married Emily Jane, daughter of the Venerable Charles Nourse Wodehouse, Archdeacon of Norwich, in 1856. He died in December 1898, aged 69, and was succeeded in the barony by his eldest son Thomas, who became a government minister. His great-grandson Peter Legh, 4th Baron Newton, was also a Conservative politician and government minister. Lady Newton died in 1901.

References

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by William Legh

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by William Brown John Cheetham	Member of Parliament for Lancashire South 1859 – 1868 With: Algernon Fulke Egerton 1859–1868 Charles Turner 1861–1868 (representation increased to three members 1861)	Constituency abolished
New constituency	Member of Parliament for Cheshire East 1868 – 1885 With: Edward Christopher Egerton 1868–1869 William Cunliffe Brooks 1869–1885	Constituency abolished
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New creation	Baron Newton 1892 – 1898	Succeeded by Thomas Wodehouse Legh