Hibbert Newton (Australian politician)
Australian politician
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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
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)