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Biography of Thomas Newport 1st Baron Torrington 1655-1719

Paternal Family Tree: Newport

Maternal Family Tree: Anne Windsor 1466-1500

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.

Royal Ancestors of Thomas Newport 1st Baron Torrington 1655-1719

Kings Wessex: Great x 18 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 15 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 21 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 16 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 10 Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 17 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 16 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 12 Grand Son of King Philip IV of France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 22 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Ancestors of Thomas Newport 1st Baron Torrington 1655-1719

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Newport

Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Newport 8 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Corbet 6 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Corbet 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Vernon 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Francis Newport 9 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Bromley

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Bromley

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Bromley

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Lyster

Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabel Lyster

GrandFather: Richard Newport 1st Baron Newport 10 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Lacon

Great x 2 Grandfather: Roland Lacon 15 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Blount 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Agnes Blount 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Peshall

Great x 1 Grandmother: Beatrice Lacon 16 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Father: Francis Newport 1st Earl Bradford 11 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Nicholas Leveson

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Leveson

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Bradbury

Great x 3 Grandmother: Denise or Dionyse Bodley

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Leche

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Leveson

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Gresham

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Gresham

Great x 2 Grandmother: Ursula Gresham

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Ipswell

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Ipswell

GrandMother: Frances Leveson Baroness Gower 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Mildmay

Great x 2 Grandfather: Walter Mildmay

Great x 3 Grandmother: Agnes Read

Great x 1 Grandmother: Christian Mildmay 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: James Walsingham

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Walsingham

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Writtle

Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Walsingham 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Denny

Great x 3 Grandmother: Joyce Denny 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Troutbeck 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Thomas Newport 1st Baron Torrington 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: James Russell

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Russell 1st Earl Bedford

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Wise

Great x 2 Grandfather: Francis Russell 2nd Earl Bedford

Great x 4 Grandfather: Guy Sapcote of Thornhaugh, Bedfordshire

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Sapcote Countess Bedford

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Russell 1st Baron Russell 9 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John St John 8 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John St John 9 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Sybil of Lansgtone Manor

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret St John Countess Bedford 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Waldegrave

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Waldegrave 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margery Wentworth 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

GrandFather: Francis Russell 4th Earl Bedford 10 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Long Baroness Russel Thornhaugh

Mother: Diana Russell Countess Bradford 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Giles Brugge 6th Baron Chandos

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Brydges 1st Baron Chandos

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Baynham Baroness Chandos

Great x 2 Grandfather: Edmund Brydges 2nd Baron Chandos 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Grey 9th Baron Grey of Wilton 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Grey Baroness Chandos 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Florence Hastings Baroness Grey Wilton 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Giles Brydges 3rd Baron Chandos 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Bray of Eaton Bray

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edmund Braye 1st Baron Braye

Great x 2 Grandmother: Dorothy Braye Baroness Chandos and Knollys 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Halwell of Halwell in Devon

Great x 3 Grandmother: Jane Halwell Baroness Bray 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Norbury 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

GrandMother: Catherine Brydges Countess Bedford 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Clinton 7th Baron Clinton 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Clinton 8th Baron Clinton 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Morgan Baroness Clinton 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Clinton 1st Earl Lincoln 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Poynings 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Jane Poynings Baroness Clinton 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Clinton 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Stourton 6th Baron Stourton 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Stourton 7th Baron Stourton 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Ursula Stourton Baroness Clinton 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Dudley 7 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Dudley Baroness Stourton 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Windsor