The Earl of Portsmouth | |
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Under-Secretary of State for War | |
In office 12 December 1905 – 12 April 1908 | |
Monarch | Edward VII |
Prime Minister | Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman |
Preceded by | The Earl of Donoughmore |
Succeeded by | The Lord Lucas |
Personal details | |
Born | 19 January 1856 Hurstbourne Priors, Hampshire |
Died | 4 December 1917 Whitchurch, Hampshire | (aged 61)
Nationality | British |
Political party | Liberal, Liberal Unionist Party. |
Spouse(s) | Beatrice Mary Pease (d. 1935) |
Alma mater | Balliol College, Oxford |
Newton Wallop, 6th Earl of Portsmouth JP, DL (19 January 1856 – 4 December 1917), styled Viscount Lymington until 1891, was a British Liberal politician but then joined the Liberal Unionist Party in 1886. He later switched back to the Liberal Party to serve as Under-Secretary of State for War under Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman from 1905 to 1908.