Richard Thomas Legh, 5th Baron Newton (born 11 January 1950) is a Baron in the United Kingdom.[1]

Family

Legh is the son of the Conservative politician, Peter Legh,[2] MP for Petersfield from 1951 until he succeeded to the barony in 1960. In 1978 he married Rosemary Whitfoot Clarke, younger daughter of Herbert Clarke: they had one son and one daughter. Legh succeeded his father in 1992.[3]

Education

Legh was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford.

Career

He was a solicitor at May May & Merrimans from 1976 to 1979; and a General Commissioner for Income Tax from 1983. He was a Member of Wealden District Council from 1987 to 1999; and a member of the Sussex Downs Conservation Board from 1992 to 1998.

Arms

Coat of arms of Richard Legh, 5th 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. ^ "Legh, Richard Thomas". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 2019 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 2 July 2019. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ^ the Peerage.com
  3. ^ 'Lord Newton' The Times (London, England), Saturday, June 20, 1992, Issue 64364, p.17.
  4. ^ Debrett's Peerage. 2019. p. 3807.
Peerage of the United Kingdom Preceded byPeter Legh Baron Newton 1992–present Incumbent


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