274 BRADFORD BRADFORD EARLDOM. I. Francis Newport, s. and h. of Richard (Newport), y ^ Baron Newport of High Ercall (so cr. 1642), bjr ■'^' Rachael, da. of John Leveson, of Haling, sister and h. of Sir Richard Leveson, of Trentham, co. Stafford. He was b. 23 Feb., and bap. 12 Mar. 1619/20, at Wroxeter, Salop; matric. at Oxford (Ch. Ch.) 18 Nov. 1635; was M.P. for Shrewsbury 1640 until "disabled" 22 Jan. 1643/4. In that year he fought on the King's side, together with his father, and was taken prisoner at Oswestry 29 June 1644. He sue. his father in the Barony, 8 Feb. 1650/1; Lord Lieut, of Salop 1660-87, ^"d i689-i704;() Comptroller of the Household, 1668-72; P.C. i July 1668 till 21 Apr. 1679, and re-sworn 14 Feb. 1688/9; Treasurer of the House- hold 1672-87 and 1 689-1 708. On 11 Mar. 1674/5 he was cr. VISCOUNT NEWPORT OF BRADFORD, co. Salop. He was Cofferer of the House- hold, 1691-1702. On II May 1694, he was fr. EARL OF BRADFORD, CO. Salop. He m., 28 Apr. 1642, at St. Giles's-in-the-Fields (lie. Lond., he 22, she 18), Diana, 4th and yst. da. of Francis (Russell), 4th Earl of Bedford, by Catharine, da. and coh. of Giles (Brydges), Lord Chandos. She d. 30 Jan., and was bur. 4 Feb. iSg^./^, aged 73, at Chenies, Bucks. He d. at Twickenham, 19 Sep., and was bur. 4 Oct. 1708, at Wroxeter afsd., aged 88.() Will pr. Oct. 1708. II. 1708. 2. Richard (Newport), Earl of Bradford, fffc, s. and h., b. 3 Sep. 1644; matric. at Oxford (Ch. Ch.) 28 June 1 66 1, aged 16, and was cr. M.A. 12 Sep. following. M.P. (Whig) for Salop 1670-81, and 1689-98; Lord Lieut, of Salop 1704-12 and 1714-23; Lord Lieut, and Custos Rot. of co. Montgomery till his death; P.C. 18 Feb. 1709/10. He m. (settl. 7 Oct. 1680), 20 Apr. 1681, Mary, 3rd and yst. da. and coh. of Sir Thomas Wilbraham, Bart., of Woodhey, co. Chester, by Elizabeth, da. and h. of Edward Mitton, of Weston Park, co. Stafford. He d. 14 June 1723, in Soho Sq., aged 78. Will pr. 1723. His widow, who inherited the estate of Weston, d. 3 Dec. 1737, at High Ercall, Salop, aged 76, and was bur. at Weston. Will dat. 8 Oct., pr. 31 Dec. 1737. III. 1723. 3. Henry (Newport), Earl of Bradford, &'c., s. and h., b. 1683; matric. at Oxford (Ch. Ch.) 4 May 1699, aged 15. M.P. (Whig) for Bishop's Castle, 1706-08; for Salop, (^) He was one of the Lord Lieutenants dismissed by James II in Feb. 1686/7. See list of these in Appendix G to this volume. C') He had been originally attached to the Court, but became a firm Whig, and voted against the Occasional Conformity Bill. See Macky's Characters, where he is called "always a great Libertine." His most interesting letters (1639-61) and those of his mother to her brother, Sir Richard Leveson, penes the Duke of Sutherland (1911), are printed in Hist. MSS. Com., 5th Report. V.G.
