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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