Thomas Newport, 1st Baron Torrington

Thomas Newport, 1st Baron Torrington, ( – 27 May 1719) was a British barrister and Whig politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons from 1695 until 1716 when he was raised to the peerage of Great Britain as Baron Torrington.

Early life Born in High Ercall , Newport was the fifth and second surviving son of Francis Newport, 1st Earl of Bradford, and his wife Lady Diana Russell, daughter of Francis Russell, 4th Earl of Bedford. He became a reader of Inner Temple in 1700.

Political career At the 1695 general election, Newport was returned as Member of Parliament for Ludlow and also became a freeman of Ludlow. At the 1698 general election, he was initially defeated at Ludlow, but petitioned and was seated on 1 March 1699. In 1699 he was appointed to the post of Commissioner of Customs which he held until 1712. Also in 1715, he was appointed a Lord of the Treasury and held this office until 1718. He vacated his seat at Wenlock in 1716, when he was raised to the Peerage of Great Britain as Baron Torrington, of Torrington, in the County of Devon on 20 June. Newport was sworn of the Privy Council of Great Britain on 30 March 1717. From March 1718, he served as one of the four Teller of the Exchequer until his death in 1719. There were no children by any wife and on his death, the barony became extinct. He left his collection of paintings to his brother, Lord Bradford.