Richard Thomas Legh, 5th Baron Newton (born 11 January 1950) is a Baron in the United Kingdom. [1]
Legh is the son of the Conservative politician, Peter Legh, [2] MP for Petersfield from 1951 until he succeeded to the barony in 1960. In 1978 he married Rosemary Whitfoot Clarke, younger daughter of Herbert Clarke: they had one son and one daughter. Legh succeeded his father in 1992. [3]
Legh was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford.
He was a solicitor at May May & Merrimans from 1976 to 1979; and a General Commissioner for Income Tax from 1983. He was a Member of Wealden District Council from 1987 to 1999; and a member of the Sussex Downs Conservation Board from 1992 to 1998.
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