He was the eldest son of Henry Newton of Highley and his wife Mary Hunt.
[2] 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.
[3] During his stay, he commissioned a medal by the Italian artist Massimiliano Soldani Benzi.
[4] After his return, he was made a judge of the admiralty court and master of St Katharine's by the Tower.
[6] The other daughter, Catherine, married first a Colonel Alexander, and secondly Lord Aubrey Beauclerk.