Richard Newton

Richard Newton (8 November 1676 – 21 April 1753) was an English educator and clergyman. Appointed Principal of Hart Hall, Oxford in 1710, he refounded Hart Hall as Hertford College, his statutes being accepted in 1739 and the charter granted in 1740, and remained Principal of Hertford College until his death in 1753. Early life Newton was the youngest son of Thomas Newton, lord of the manor of Lavendon, Buckinghamshire, and his wife Katharine Hervey. He was born at Yardley Park, Northamptonshire, a house which his father rented from Lord Northampton, on 8 November 1676. He was educated at Westminster School, being admitted in 1690, and at Christ Church, Oxford, matriculating on 16 June 1694, graduating B.A. 1698, M.A. 1701, B.D. 1708, D.D. 1710 (from Hart Hall).