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. | |