Baron Newton, of Newton-in-Makerfield in the County of Lancaster, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Peerage of the United Kingdom

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. It was created in 1892 for the Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

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 politician William Legh

William Legh, 1st Baron Newton

William John Legh, 1st Baron Newton , was a British Conservative politician.Legh was the son of William Legh and the member of an ancient Cheshire family. He sat as a Member of Parliament for Lancashire South from 1859 to 1868 and for Cheshire East from 1868 to 1885...

, who had earlier represented Lancashire South and Cheshire East in the House of Commons

British House of Commons

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. Both his son, the second Baron, and his great-grandson, the fourth Baron, were Conservative government ministers. the title is held by the latter's eldest son, the fifth Baron, who succeeded in 1992.

The seat of the Legh family was Lyme Park

Lyme Park

Lyme Park is a large estate located south of Disley, Cheshire, England. It consists of a mansion house surrounded by formal gardens, in a deer park in the Peak District National Park...

 near Disley

Disley

Disley is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is located on the very edge of the Peak District, in the Goyt Valley, very close to the county boundary with Derbyshire at New Mills, and south of Stockport, Greater...

 in Cheshire

Cheshire

Cheshire is a ceremonial county in North West England. Cheshire's county town is the city of Chester, although its largest town is Warrington. Other major towns include Widnes, Congleton, Crewe, Ellesmere Port, Runcorn, Macclesfield, Winsford, Northwich, and Wilmslow...

. It was given to the National Trust in 1946 by the third Baron Newton.

Barons Newton (1892)

• William John Legh, 1st Baron Newton (1828–1898)
• Thomas Wodehouse Legh, 2nd Baron Newton
  Thomas Legh, 2nd Baron Newton
  Thomas Wodehouse Legh, 2nd Baron Newton PC, DL , was a British diplomat and Conservative politician who served as Paymaster-General during the First World War.-Background and education:...
  
   (1857–1942)
• Richard William Davenport Legh, 3rd Baron Newton (1888–1960)
• Peter Richard Legh, 4th Baron Newton
  Peter Legh, 4th Baron Newton
  Peter Richard Legh, 4th Baron Newton , was a British Conservative politician who held junior ministerial positions during the 1950s and 1960s....
  
   (1915–1992)
• Richard Thomas Legh, 5th Baron Newton (b. 1950)

The heir apparent

Heir apparent

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is the present holder's son the Hon. Piers Richard Legh (b. 1979)