Newton Fellowes, 4th Earl of Portsmouth

Education He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, becoming MA in 1792.

Career In 1794 he succeeded to the estates of his uncle Henry Arthur Fellowes at Eggesford in Devon, taking the name and arms of Fellowes. Fellowes retired from Parliament in 1837. He briefly succeeded to the peerage as Earl of Portsmouth on the death of his brother in 1853. An obituarist described Fellowes as "always a zealous and energetic supporter of Liberal politics, but at the same time his manners were cordial and conciliatory to all parties". He was instrumental in building the road between Exeter and Barnstaple, and later promoted the railway in North Devon.

Marriages and children Fellowes married twice: Firstly to Frances Sherard (died 1819), by whom he had two sons and three daughters: Lady Henrietta Caroline Fellowes (1798–1880); married Joseph Chichester Nagle (1792–1880) in 1826 and had issue. Henry Arthur Wallop Fellowes (1799–1847), MP for Andover, who predeceased his father. Newton John Alexander Fellowes (1801–1801), died young. Secondly in 1820 to Lady Catherine Fortescue (1787 – 20 May 1854), a daughter of Hugh Fortescue, 1st Earl Fortescue (1753–1841). The couple had one son and three daughters: Lady Catherine Henrietta Fellowes (1821–1900); married Seymour Phillips Allen (d. 1861) in 1843 and had issue. Isaac Newton Wallop, 5th Earl of Portsmouth (1825–1891) Lady Hester Urania Wallop (died 1887); married Ralph Merrick Leeke (1813–1882) in 1847 and had issue. Lady Camilla Eleanor Wallop (died August 1920); married her maternal first cousin Hon. Dudley Fortescue on 8 June 1852, no issue.