Sir Henry Newton (1651–1715) was a British judge and diplomat. He was the eldest son of Henry Newton of Highley and his wife Mary Hunt. He was educated at St. Mary Hall, where he took the degrees of M.A. and B.C.L., and Merton, where he graduated as a Doctor of Civil Law.Nichols, John Bowyer "Account of the Royal Hospital and Collegiate Church of St. Katharine, Near the Tower of London" pg. 49 During the reign of Queen Anne, he was sent to Italy as the Envoy Extraordinary to the Grand Duke of Tuscany and Republic of Genoa, remaining there for nearly seven years.Redington, Joseph "Calendar of Treasury Papers" pg. 175 During his stay, he commissioned a medal by the Italian artist Massimiliano Soldani Benzi."England and the Continental Renaissance: Essays in Honor of J.B. Trapp" pg. 198 After his return, he was made a judge of the admiralty court and master of St Katharine's by the Tower. He was knighted in 1715, but died later the same year.Noble, Mark "A Biographical History of England, From the Revolution to the End of George I's Reign" pp. 175-176
Henry Newton had two daughters. One daughter, Mary, married Henry Rodney, and was the mother of George Brydges Rodney, later raised to the peerage as Baron Rodney. The other daughter, Catherine, married first a Colonel Alexander, and secondly Lord Aubrey Beauclerk."The United Service Magazine" pg. 153
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