[1] In 1879 he entered the Diplomatic Service and served as an attaché at the British Embassy in Paris from 1881 to 1886.

[1] During the Spanish Civil War, Lord Newton was a strong supporter of General Franco and the fascists, serving on the Friends of National Spain committee.

[7] Lord Newton married Evelyn Caroline Davenport, daughter of William Bromley-Davenport, in 1880.

His younger son Sir Piers Legh served as Master of the Household from 1941 to 1953.

The latter's son, Peter Legh, 4th Baron Newton, was also a Conservative politician and government minister.