Richard Newport (MP)
Richard Newport, styled The Honourable from 1708, was a British politician.
He was the second son of Richard Newport, 2nd Earl of Bradford and his wife Mary Wilbraham, daughter of Sir Thomas Wilbraham, 3rd Baronet. His older brother was Henry Newport, 3rd Earl of Bradford, his younger brother was Thomas Newport, 4th Earl of Bradford and his uncle was Thomas Newport, 1st Baron Torrington. Newport entered the British House of Commons in a by-election in 1714, representing Wenlock as Member of Parliament until 1715. He died unmarried and childless.
