Robert Newman, 1st Baron Mamhead
Robert Hunt Stapylton Dudley Lydston Newman, 1st Baron Mamhead (27 October 1871 – 2 November 1945), known as Sir Robert Newman, Bt, between 1892 and 1931, was a British politician.
Background
Newman was the son of Sir Lydston Newman, 3rd Baronet. He succeeded his father in the baronetcy in December 1892, aged 23.[1]
Political career
Newman was Member of Parliament for Exeter between 1918 and 1931. He sat as a Conservative from 1918 to 1929 and as an independent from 1929 to 1931. He was also a Deputy Lieutenant and Justice of the Peace for Devon and a member of the Devon County Council.[1] In the 1931 Dissolution Honours he was raised to the peerage as Baron Mamhead, of Exeter in the County of Devon.[2][3]
Personal life
Lord Mamhead never married. He died in November 1945, aged 74, when the barony became extinct. The baronetcy was passed on to a cousin.[1]
References
- ^ a b c thepeerage.com Robert Hunt Stapylton Dudley Lydston Newman, 1st and last Baron Mamhead
- ^ "No. 33772". The London Gazette. 17 November 1931. p. 7409.
- ^ "No. 33778". The London Gazette. 8 December 1931. p. 7904.
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