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Paternal Family Tree: Newport
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On 28th April 1642 [his father] Francis Newport 1st Earl Bradford (age 22) and [his mother] Diana Russell Countess Bradford were married at St Giles' in the Fields Church [Map]. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Francis Russell 4th Earl Bedford and [his grandmother] Catherine Brydges Countess Bedford (age 62).
Around 1655 Thomas Newport 1st Baron Torrington was born to Francis Newport 1st Earl Bradford (age 34) and Diana Russell Countess Bradford at High Ercall, Shropshire.
On 21st May 1672 Thomas Newport 1st Baron Torrington (age 17) was educated at Christ Church College, Oxford University.
In 1687 Thomas Newport 1st Baron Torrington (age 32) called to the bar at Inner Temple.
In 1695 Thomas Newport 1st Baron Torrington (age 40) was elected MP Ludlow.
On 30th January 1695 [his mother] Diana Russell Countess Bradford died.
Before 1696 Thomas Newport 1st Baron Torrington (age 40) and Lucy Atkyns were married. He the son of Francis Newport 1st Earl Bradford (age 75) and Diana Russell Countess Bradford.
In 1696 [his wife] Lucy Atkyns died.
On 22nd July 1700 Thomas Newport 1st Baron Torrington (age 45) and Penelope Bridgeman were married at Chelsea. He the son of Francis Newport 1st Earl Bradford (age 80) and Diana Russell Countess Bradford.
In January 1701 Thomas Newport 1st Baron Torrington (age 46) was elected MP Winchelsea but irregularities in the vote resulted in the Mayor being imprisoned and the election declared void on 27 Feb 1701.
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 19th September 1708 [his father] Francis Newport 1st Earl Bradford (age 88) died at Twickenham, Richmond. His son [his brother] Richard (age 64) succeeded 2nd Earl Bradford, 2nd Viscount Newport of Bradford in Shropshire, 3rd Baron Newport of High Ercall in Shropshire. Mary Wilbraham Countess Bradford (age 47) by marriage Countess Bradford.
On 8th July 1709 Thomas Newport 1st Baron Torrington (age 54) and Anne Pierrepont Baroness Torrington were married. He the son of Francis Newport 1st Earl Bradford and Diana Russell Countess Bradford.
On 30th March 1716 Thomas Newport 1st Baron Torrington (age 61) was appointed Privy Council.
On 20th June 1716 Thomas Newport 1st Baron Torrington (age 61) was created 1st Baron Torrington of Torrington in Devon. [his wife] Anne Pierrepont Baroness Torrington by marriage Baroness Torrington of Torrington in Devon.
On 27th May 1719 Thomas Newport 1st Baron Torrington (age 64) died without issue. Baron Torrington of Torrington in Devon extinct. He was buried at Wroxeter, Shropshire [Map].
In 1735 [his former wife] Anne Pierrepont Baroness Torrington died.
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