Sir Simon John Newport, first baronet

(1756-1843)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Newport, John, Sir, 1756-1843 NRA: Newport Sir Simon John (1756-1843) 1st Baronet MP DNB: Newport, Sir (Simon) John, first baronet (1756–1843), politician LBT ID: SiNewpo1843 VIAF ID: 31018344 LOC ID: n86084755	B/BAP: 1756-10-24 DIED: 1843-02-09
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Irish banker and politician; educated at Eton where he befriended William Grenville; he was a Whig MP for Waterford City (1803-32).
REFERENCES TO Sir Simon John Newport, first baronet: Thomas Creevey to Eleanor Creevey, 31 January 1810 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Found 1: ¶ 1 Sydney Smith to Lord Grey, 2 January 1811 in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855) Found 1: ¶ 2 Saba Holland, A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855) Letters 1811 Creevey, Thomas, 1768-1838, The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Ch. VI: 1810