Thomas Newport | |
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4th Earl of Bradford | |
Title held | 1734 – 18 April 1762 |
Predecessor | Henry Newport, 3rd Earl of Bradford |
Born | c. 1696 |
Died | 18 April 1762 |
Father | Richard Newport, 2nd Earl of Bradford |
Thomas Newport, 4th Earl of Bradford (c. 1696 – 18 April 1762 [1]), was an English peer and noble.
Newport was the third son of Richard Newport, 2nd Earl of Bradford. [2] His mother Mary was the third daughter of Sir Thomas Wilbraham, 3rd Baronet. [2] After a fall from his horse in his youth, Newport suffered from feeble-mindedness for the rest of his life. [3]
Richard, his father's second son and Member of Parliament, had died in 1716, [4] and so on the death of his oldest brother Henry Newport, 3rd Earl of Bradford, in 1734, he succeeded in the titles and entailed estates, such as Weston Park, Staffordshire. [1]
Newport died unmarried in Weston Park in Staffordshire. [3] His estate, including the manor of Walsall, was transferred to his sister Diana, Countess of Mountrath, [5] while all his titles became extinct. [3]
In 1815, the earldom was revived for Orlando Bridgeman, a descendant of a daughter of the 2nd Earl. [6]
Thomas Newport | |
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4th Earl of Bradford | |
Title held | 1734 – 18 April 1762 |
Predecessor | Henry Newport, 3rd Earl of Bradford |
Born | c. 1696 |
Died | 18 April 1762 |
Father | Richard Newport, 2nd Earl of Bradford |
Thomas Newport, 4th Earl of Bradford (c. 1696 – 18 April 1762 [1]), was an English peer and noble.
Newport was the third son of Richard Newport, 2nd Earl of Bradford. [2] His mother Mary was the third daughter of Sir Thomas Wilbraham, 3rd Baronet. [2] After a fall from his horse in his youth, Newport suffered from feeble-mindedness for the rest of his life. [3]
Richard, his father's second son and Member of Parliament, had died in 1716, [4] and so on the death of his oldest brother Henry Newport, 3rd Earl of Bradford, in 1734, he succeeded in the titles and entailed estates, such as Weston Park, Staffordshire. [1]
Newport died unmarried in Weston Park in Staffordshire. [3] His estate, including the manor of Walsall, was transferred to his sister Diana, Countess of Mountrath, [5] while all his titles became extinct. [3]
In 1815, the earldom was revived for Orlando Bridgeman, a descendant of a daughter of the 2nd Earl. [6]