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'''Richard Newman''' (c. 1620-1695), of [[Fifehead Magdalen]], [[Dorset]], was a barrister, High Steward of Westminster and a Colonel in the Royalist forces during the [[English Civil War]].
==Background==
Richard Newman was born at [[Fifehead Magdalen]], [[Dorset]], the son of Richard Newman and Elizabeth née Perry. He was educated at [[Sherborne School|Sherborne]], to which he later donated "two gloabes", [[Pembroke College, Oxford]] and [[Middle Temple]]. <ref></ref>
==English Civil War==
Newman was appointed High Steward of Westminster<ref></ref> and joined the Royalist forces during the [[English Civil War]] with the rank of Colonel. He lent money in support of Charles I, and in 1651 assisted the young king Charles II escape after the Battle of Worcester where Charles's largely Scottish army was defeated at the hands of [[Oliver Cromwell]]'s [[New Model Army]]. According to contemporary sources, the king escaped through the gate of the city of Worcester solely through the heroic efforts of Colonel Newman. <ref>Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, A Complete Guide to Heraldry, 1909</ref>
Newman was later imprisoned for his efforts in supporting the king though it is not known where or when. At the Restoration in 1660, [[Charles II]] rewarded Newman with an augmentation to his coat of arms, in the form of an escutcheon gules (red shield) and a crowned portcullis or (gold coloured portcullis
surmounted by a crown), and a large some of money which is likely to have been a reimbursement of funds loaned to Charles II's father. <ref>John Burke and Bernard Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies, 1841</ref>
==Family Life==
He married Anne, the daughter of [[Sir Charles Harbord]], [[Surveyor General of the Land Revenues of the Crown|Surveyor General]] to [[Charles I of England|Charles I]], and Maria née van Aelst, and had four sons, the eldest of whom, Richard Newman, who succeeded him at Fifehead Magdalen, and three daughters including Elizabeth who married Sir William Honeywood. <ref>John Burke and Bernard Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies, 1841</ref>
He retained the family's home in Fifehead, where in 1693 he was responsible for building the Newman chapel on the north side of the church to cover the vault containing the remains of his ancestors, where his own remains were interred on 16th October 1695.
==References==
[[Category:1620s births]]
[[Category:1695 deaths]]
[[Category:Alumni of Pembroke College, Oxford]]
[[Category:People educated at Sherborne School]]
[[Category:People from Dorset]]
'''Richard Newman''' (c. 1620-1695), of [[Fifehead Magdalen]], [[Dorset]], was a barrister, High Steward of Westminster and a Colonel in the Royalist forces during the [[English Civil War]].
==Background==
Richard Newman was born at [[Fifehead Magdalen]], [[Dorset]], the son of Richard Newman and Elizabeth née Perry. He was educated at [[Sherborne School|Sherborne]], to which he later donated "two gloabes", [[Pembroke College, Oxford]] and [[Middle Temple]]. <ref></ref>
==English Civil War==
Newman was appointed High Steward of Westminster<ref></ref> and joined the Royalist forces during the [[English Civil War]] with the rank of Colonel. He lent money in support of Charles I, and in 1651 assisted the young king Charles II escape after the Battle of Worcester where Charles's largely Scottish army was defeated at the hands of [[Oliver Cromwell]]'s [[New Model Army]]. According to contemporary sources, the king escaped through the gate of the city of Worcester solely through the heroic efforts of Colonel Newman. <ref>Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, A Complete Guide to Heraldry, 1909</ref>
Newman was later imprisoned for his efforts in supporting the king though it is not known where or when. At the Restoration in 1660, [[Charles II]] rewarded Newman with an augmentation to his coat of arms, in the form of an escutcheon gules (red shield) and a crowned portcullis or (gold coloured portcullis
surmounted by a crown), and a large some of money which is likely to have been a reimbursement of funds loaned to Charles II's father. <ref>John Burke and Bernard Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies, 1841</ref>
==Family Life==
He married Anne, the daughter of [[Sir Charles Harbord]], [[Surveyor General of the Land Revenues of the Crown|Surveyor General]] to [[Charles I of England|Charles I]], and Maria née van Aelst, and had four sons, the eldest of whom, Richard Newman, who succeeded him at Fifehead Magdalen, and three daughters including Elizabeth who married Sir William Honeywood. <ref>John Burke and Bernard Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies, 1841</ref>
He retained the family's home in Fifehead, where in 1693 he was responsible for building the Newman chapel on the north side of the church to cover the vault containing the remains of his ancestors, where his own remains were interred on 16th October 1695.
==References==
[[Category:1620s births]]
[[Category:1695 deaths]]
[[Category:Alumni of Pembroke College, Oxford]]
[[Category:People educated at Sherborne School]]
[[Category:People from Dorset]]
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