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Horace Newton

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for a canonry, based on his services as Vicar of Driffield. While incumbent there he was noted for his generosity and kindness, giving away many millions of pounds including circa £500,000 (in 2009 money) for the rebuilding of Driffield Church from his own wealth. He employed many church people,
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was opened in Redditch an office block was named after him within the centre: Canon Newton House. Part of the centre, known as Milward Square, is also named after the family of one of his daughters, Elsie, who married Harry Milward of
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upbringing, and despite their vast wealth devoted their life to helping others, giving away large sums of money, building churches (notably in
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They firmly believed that "with wealth and property come responsibility" and were generous and kind employers at all of their estates.
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and Rev. William Newton III, what was described at the time as "an absurdly large fortune". The family owned large amounts of prime
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Secondly he married in 1905 Katharine Constance Macrell (died 1921) following the death of Fanny Storrs.
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For relaxation the family spent three months every summer at their Scottish holiday home, the 26,000 acre
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He was ordained Deacon in 1865, and Priest in 1866, by Bishop Jackson of Lincoln, and was
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Firstly to Frances (Fanny) Storrs in 1866, the younger daughter of Dr Robert Storrs of
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A deeply religious man, he inherited upon the death of his father William Newton II of
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Canon Newton and his first wife, Fanny Storrs, had seven children:
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was his nephew by marriage). He bought the land from the
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Elsie – married Harry Milward, one of the heirs to the
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Index

Canon Horace Newton
Church of England
philanthropist
landowner
country house
Redditch
Temple Lushington Moore
architect
Earl of Plymouth
Barrells Hall
Whateley Hall
Goodwin Newton
Birmingham
New Street
Birmingham New Street station
Welsh slate
Bryn Bras Castle
Christian
Ullenhall
Driffield
Glencripesdale Estate
Glencripesdale Castle
St John's College
Cambridge
curate
Heworth
canon
York Minster
Archbishop of York
scripture

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