Sir Frank Hillyard Newnes, 2nd Baronet (28 September 1876 – 10 July 1955) was a British publisher, businessman[1] and Liberal politician.

[5] In 1913 Newnes married Emmeline Augusta Louisa (Lena), the daughter of the late Sir Albert de Rutzen, who had held the office of Chief Metropolitan Magistrate at Bow Street.

[6] Lena Newnes became a well-known society hostess and philanthropist, raising thousands of pounds for various charitable and educational causes.

He also became Chairman of Country Life, Ltd and a director of other companies in the publishing trade, including The Westminster Gazette,[1] the Liberal-supporting newspaper founded by his father.

The paper was dubbed the "pea-green incorruptible" – Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone having personally approved its green colour.

In his publishing charity work, Newnes became President of the Printers Pension Corporation and was a vice-president of the Periodical Proprietors Association.