Thomas Legh, 2nd Baron Newton
|
The Right Honourable The Lord Newton PC DL |
|
|---|---|
 |
|
| Paymaster-General | |
|
In office 9 June 1915 – 18 August 1916 |
|
| Monarch | George V |
| Prime Minister | H. H. Asquith |
| Preceded by | The Lord Strachie |
| Succeeded by | Arthur Henderson |
| Assistant Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs |
|
|
In office 10 December 1916 – 10 January 1919 |
|
| Monarch | George V |
| Prime Minister | David Lloyd George |
| Preceded by | New office |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 March 1857 |
| Died | 21 March 1942 (aged 85) |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Evelyn Davenport (d. 1931) |
| Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
Thomas Wodehouse Legh, 2nd Baron Newton PC, DL (18 March 1857 – 21 March 1942), was a British diplomat and Conservative politician who served as Paymaster-General during the First World War.
Newton was the son of William Legh, 1st Baron Newton, and Emily Jane Wodehouse, daughter of the Venerable Charles Nourse Wodehouse, Archdeacon of Norwich. The Legh family had been landowners in Cheshire for centuries. Newton was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford.
In 1879 he entered the Diplomatic Service and served as an Attaché at the British Embassy in Paris from 1881 to 1886. The latter year he was elected to the House of Commons as Member of Parliament for his home constituency of Newton, a seat he held until 1898, when he succeeded his father as 2nd Baron Newton and took his seat in the House of Lords. In 1915 Prime Minister H. H. Asquith appointed him Paymaster-General, with special responsibility for representing the War Office in Parliament when the Secretary of State for War was unable to attend. The same year he was admitted to the Privy Council.
...
Wikipedia