Newton Fellowes, fourth earl of Portsmouth

(1772-1854)

NAME AUTHORITIES: NRA: Fellowes Newton (1772-1854) 4th Earl of Portsmouth LBT ID: LdPorts4	B/BAP: 1772-06-26 DIED: 1854-01-09
SOURCES: Gentleman's Magazine (February 1854) 190-91; Cracroft's Peerage; thePeerage.com
Originally Wallop, the son of the second earl (d. 1812); educated at Eton, he was a Whig MP for Andover (1802-20) and North Devon (1832-37). He succeeded his mentally deficient brother in 1853.
REFERENCES TO Newton Fellowes, fourth earl of Portsmouth: Lovelace, Ralph Milbanke, Earl of, 1839-1906, Astarte: a Fragment of Truth concerning George Gordon Byron, sixth Lord Byron (London: Christophers, 1921) II. Three Stages of Lord Byron’s Life Found 1: ¶ n2