Newton Fellowes, 4th Earl of Portsmouth

Newton Fellowes, 4th Earl of Portsmouth (26 June 1772 – 9 January 1854) was an English politician, styled Hon. Newton Wallop until 1794 and Hon. Newton Fellowes from 1794 to 1853. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Andover from 1802 to 1820, and (with his brother-in-law Viscount Ebrington) MP for North Devon from 1832 to 1837.

Biography

Newton Fellowes was born the Hon. Newton Wallop, the third son of John Wallop, 2nd Earl of Portsmouth and Urania Fellowes.^[1] He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, becoming MA in 1792.^[2] In 1794 he succeeded to the estates of his uncle Henry Arthur Fellowes, taking the name and arms of Fellowes.^[1]

Two sons and three daughters were born to his first wife, Frances Sherard, who died in 1819:^[1]

• Henry Arthur Wallop Fellowes (1799–1847)
• Newton John Alexander Fellowes (1801–1801)
• Lady Henrietta Caroline Fellowes (1798–1880), married Joseph Chichester Nagle (1792–1880) in 1826 and had issue

He married Lady Catharine Fortescue in 1820, who bore him one son and three daughters: ^[1]

• Isaac Newton Wallop, 5th Earl of Portsmouth (1825–1891)
• Lady Catherine Henrietta Fellowes (1821–1900), married Seymour Phillips Allen (d. 1861) in 1843 and had issue
• Lady Hester Urania Wallop (died 1887), married Ralph Merrick Leeke (1813–1882) in 1847 and had issue
• Lady Camilla Eleanor Wallop (died August 1920), married Hon. Dudley Fortescue in 1852

Fellowes retired from Parliament in 1837. He briefly succeeded to the peerage as Earl of Portsmouth on the death of his brother in 1853.^[1]

An obituarist described Fellowes as "always a zealous and energetic supporter of Liberal politics, but at the same time his manners were cordial and concilatory to all parties".^[1] He was instrumental in building the road between Exeter and Barnstaple, and later promoted the railway in North Devon.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g} Obituary, The Gentleman's Magazine, 1854, pp. 190–1
2. ^ Wallop (post Fellowes), the Hon. Newton in Venn, J. & J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 1922–1958.

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Newton Fellowes

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Coulson Wallop Thomas Assheton Smith I	Member of Parliament for Andover 1802–1820 With: Thomas Assheton Smith I	Succeeded by Sir John Pollen Thomas Assheton Smith I
New constituency	Member of Parliament for North Devon 1832–1837 With: Viscount Ebrington	Succeeded by Viscount Ebrington Sir Thomas Dyke Acland
Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by John Wallop	Earl of Portsmouth 1853–1854	Succeeded by Isaac Newton Wallop