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NEWTON, THOMAS, only son of John Newton, Lichfield, Staffs., brandy and cider merchant, and his first wife Isabel, dau. of Rev. --- Rhodes; b. 21 Dec 1703; adm. Jun 1717; KS 1718; Capt. of the School 1722; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1723, adm. pens. 15 Jun 1723, scholar 17 Apr 1724; 8th in “ordo” 1726/7; BA 1726/7; MA 1730 (incorp. Oxford 13 Oct 1733); DD 1745; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1729, Major Fellow 3 Jul 1730; ordained deacon 21 Dec 1729, priest Feb 1730; Curate to his uncle Rev. Andrew Trebeck DD, Rector of St. George’s, Hanover Square, London; Lecturer and afternoon preacher, South Audley Street Chapel; morning preacher, Spring Gardens Chapel; Rector of St. Mary le Bow, Cheapside, London 16 Apr 1744-69; Chaplain to George II 1756 (still listed as Chaplain 1761); Prebendary of Westminster 22 Mar 1757-61; Sub-Almoner, Royal Household 25 Jun 1757 – Dec 1761; Precentor of York 16 Jun 1759- Dec 1761; President, Sion Coll. 1760; Prebendary of St. Paul’s from 20 Nov 1761; consecrated Bishop of Bristol 28 Dec 1761; declined Archbishopric of Armagh and Primacy of Ireland 1764; Dean of St. Paul’s from 8 Oct 1768; author, A Dissertation on the Prophecies, 1754; gives some interesting information about his schoolfellows in his Autobiography; m. 1st, 18 Aug 1747 Jane, sister of James Trebeck (qv); m. 2nd, 5 Sep 1761 Elizabeth Vaughan, widow of Rev. Watson Hand, and illegitimate dau. of John Vaughan, 1st [check] Viscount Lisburne (I) MP; d. 14 Feb 1782. DNB.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.