Herbert Roff Newton

Commander
Herbert Roff Newton
OBE DL JP

Commander H.R. Newton OBE DL JP
Born 10 July 1900
Died 2 June 1973
Allegiance  United Kingdom
Service/branch  Royal Navy
Rank Commander
Awards OBE

Commander Herbert Roff Newton OBE DL JP (1900-1973), was a senior officer in the Royal Navy, a Deputy Lieutenant for Bedfordshire and for many years a Justice of the Peace.[1][2][3][4]

Life

Herbert Roff Newton was born in Bedford on 10 July 1900, the son of William Lea Newton and Nellie (née Roff).[5] He was educated at Bedford Modern School[4][6][7]

After a period of service in the Artists Rifles, Newton joined the Royal Navy.[4] He was made a Commander in 1946[2] and, in the same year, was invested as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire.[2] Newton served on several governmental committees[3] and was made Deputy Lieutenant of Bedfordshire in 1961.[8] He was for many years a Justice of the Peace.[1] A keen rugby player, and later a referee, he appeared occasionally for Bedford between 1923 and 1926.[9]

Newton died in Bedford on 2 June 1973.[5][10] He was survived by his wife, Edith, and a daughter.[10]

References

  1. 1 2 Obituary, The Times, 7 June 1973
  2. 1 2 3 https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37603/supplement/2882/data.pdf
  3. 1 2 "Report". google.co.uk. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 Kelly’s Handbook To The Titled, Landed and Official Classes, 1962, Published by Kelly’s Directories Limited 1962
  5. 1 2 "Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History Records at Ancestry.co.uk". ancestry.co.uk. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  6. ↑ "Bedford Modern School of the black & red". worldcat.org. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  7. ↑ "The Harpur Trust, 1552-1973.". worldcat.org. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  8. ↑ https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/42432/page/5852/data.pdf
  9. ↑ Neil Roy, '100 Years of the Blues. The Bedfordshire Times Centenary History of Bedford RUFC', (Bedford, 1986), pp. 204-6
  10. 1 2 Death Notice, The Times, 7 June 1973
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