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{{Short description|English politician (1772–1854)}}
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[[File:PortsmouthArms.jpg|thumb|200px|Arms of Wallop, Earls of Portsmouth: ''Argent, a bend wavy sable''<ref name="D900">Debrett's Peerage, 1968, p. 900</ref>]]
[[File:FellowesArms.JPG|thumb|200px|Arms of Fellowes of [[Eggesford]], Devon: ''Azure, a fesse indented ermine between three lion's heads erased or murally crowned argent''. These arms were adopted by royal licence in 1794 by Newton Wallop, later 4th Earl, together with the surname Fellows on his inheritance of the manor of Eggesford. The 5th Earl reverted to the ancient Wallop arms and name, but without royal licence<ref name="D900"/>]]
'''Newton Fellowes, 4th Earl of Portsmouth''' (26 June 1772 &ndash; 9 January 1854) was an [[England|English]] politician, styled '''Hon. Newton Wallop''' until 1794 and '''Hon. Newton Fellowes''' from 1794 to 1853. He was [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Andover (UK Parliament constituency)|Andover]] from 1802 to 1820, and (with his brother-in-law [[Hugh Fortescue, 2nd Earl Fortescue|Viscount Ebrington]]) MP for [[North Devon (UK Parliament constituency)|North Devon]] from 1832 to 1837.
==Origins==
Newton Fellowes was born the Hon. '''Newton Wallop''', the third son of [[John Wallop, 2nd Earl of Portsmouth]] and Urania Fellowes.<ref name=GentMag>Obituary, ''[[The Gentleman's Magazine]]'', 1854, pp. 190–1</ref>
==Education==
He was educated at [[Trinity College, Cambridge]], becoming MA in 1792.<ref>{{acad|id=WLP790N|name=Wallop (post Fellowes), the Hon. Newton}}</ref>
==Career==
In 1794 he succeeded to the estates of his uncle Henry Arthur Fellowes at [[Eggesford]] in Devon, taking the name and arms of Fellowes.<ref name=GentMag /> Fellowes retired from Parliament in 1837. He briefly succeeded to the peerage as [[Earl of Portsmouth]] on the death of [[John Charles Wallop, 3rd Earl of Portsmouth|his brother]] in 1853.<ref name=GentMag /> An obituarist described Fellowes as "always a zealous and energetic supporter of Liberal politics, but at the same time his manners were cordial and conciliatory to all parties".<ref name=GentMag /> He was instrumental in building the road between [[Exeter]] and [[Barnstaple]], and later promoted the railway in North Devon.<ref name=GentMag />
==Marriages and children==
Fellowes married twice:
* Firstly to Frances Sherard (died 1819), by whom he had two sons and three daughters:<ref name=GentMag />
** Lady Henrietta Caroline Fellowes (1798–1880); married Joseph Chichester Nagle (1792–1880) in 1826 and had issue.
** [[Henry Arthur Wallop Fellowes]] (1799–1847), MP for Andover, who predeceased his father.
** Newton John Alexander Fellowes (1801–1801), died young.
* Secondly in 1820 to Lady Catherine Fortescue (1787 – 20 May 1854), a daughter of [[Hugh Fortescue, 1st Earl Fortescue]] (1753–1841). The couple had one son and three daughters:<ref name=GentMag />
** Lady Catherine Henrietta Fellowes (1821–1900); married Seymour Phillips Allen (d. 1861) in 1843 and had issue.
** [[Isaac Newton Wallop, 5th Earl of Portsmouth]] (1825–1891)
** Lady Hester Urania Wallop (died 1887); married Ralph Merrick Leeke (1813–1882) in 1847 and had issue.
** Lady Camilla Eleanor Wallop (died August 1920); married her maternal first cousin Hon. [[Dudley Fortescue]] on 8 June 1852, no issue.
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== External links ==
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| title  = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Andover (UK Parliament constituency)|Andover]]
| years  = 1802–1820
| with   = [[Thomas Assheton Smith I]]
| before = [[Coulson Wallop]]<br />[[Thomas Assheton Smith I]]
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| title = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[North Devon (UK Parliament constituency)|North Devon]]
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