Hibbert Newton (1820[1][2] – 30 May 1890) was an Australian politician, a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly 1859 to July 1861 and Postmaster-General in the William Nicholson Government from 29 October 1860 to 26 November 1860.[3]
Newton was born in Ballyglen, County Wicklow, Ireland and was called to the Irish Bar by the King's Inn in 1845.[1] Newton arrived in Melbourne in April 1853 and admitted to the Victorian Bar the following year.[2] Newton was elected to the seat of South Bourke in October 1859.[2] Newton suffered from illness for the last 18 years of his life.[1]
Family edit
Newton married Catherine Elizabeth Liddiard (1839–1895); their children included:
- Hibbert Henry Newton (1861–1927) married to Clara Violet Newton, née Stephen (1863–1935)
- Hibbert Alan Stephen Newton (1887–1949), better known as Sir Alan Newton
- Catherine Susannah Newton (1866–1938)
- George Percival Newton (1868–1951)
References edit
- ^ a b c "Tuesday, June 3, 1890". The Argus. Melbourne. 3 June 1890. p. 4. Retrieved 27 August 2014 – via Trove.
- ^ a b c "Hibbert Newton". Re-Member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
- ^ Mennell, Philip (1892). . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.