Thomas Newport, 1st Baron Torrington

Thomas Newport, 1st Baron Torrington PC (c. 1655 – 27 May 1719), styled The Honourable from 1675 until 1716, was an English peer, barrister and Whig politician.

Born in High Ercall, he was the fifth and second surviving son of Francis Newport, 1st Earl of Bradford and his wife Lady Diana Russell, daughter of Francis Russell, 4th Earl of Bedford. Newport was educated at Christ Church, Oxford and matriculated in 1672. He was called to the Bar by the Inner Temple in 1678 and became a reader in 1700.

In 1695, he entered the English House of Commons, representing Ludlow until 1698 as well as between 1699 and the following year. Newport sat further for Winchelsea from January to November 1701. In 1715, he was elected to the British House of Commons for (Much) Wenlock, a seat he held until 1716, when he was elevated to the Peerage of Great Britain as Baron Torrington, of Torrington, in the County of Devon.

Between 1699 and 1712, Newport was a Commissioner of Customs. In 1715, he was appointed a Lord of the Treasury and held this office until 1718. Subsequently he served as one of the four Teller of the Exchequer until his death in 1719. In 1717, Newport was sworn of the Privy Council of Great Britain.

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