Newton

Newton, a proprietary borough, was under the absolute control of the Leghs of Lyme who held the barony and nominated the returning officers.Oldfield, Boroughs (1794), i. 348-9. In 1715 the proprietor was Peter Legh, a non-juror,VCH Lancs. i. 375. who returned Tory friends and members of his family till his death in 1744, when it passed to his nephew and heir, Peter Legh.