William Newton (British Army officer)

Brigadier-General William Newton (died 10 November 1730) was an officer of the British Army.

William Newton
Died	10 November 1730
Nationality	British

Career

Newton was commissioned as a lieutenant in the 1st Regiment of Foot Guards, with the rank of captain in the Army, on 9 November 1692.[1] He served in the wars of King William III,[2] and was wounded at the siege of Namur in 1695.[1] On 13 February 1702 he was appointed major of Sir Richard Temple's newly raised Regiment of Foot,[1] and served in the wars of Queen Anne,[2] being promoted to lieutenant-colonel commanding the regiment on 25 August 1704, brevet colonel on 1 January 1707, and colonel of the regiment on 24 April 1710.[1]

On 22 July 1715 Newton was made colonel of a newly raised regiment of dragoons,[1] and on 28 September 1722 he transferred to the colonelcy of the regiment later numbered the 39th Regiment of Foot.[1][2] He was promoted to brigadier-general on 4 March 1727,[1][2] while serving with his regiment at the thirteenth siege of Gibraltar.[3]

References

1. Charles Dalton, English Army Lists and Commission Registers 1661-1714, volume VI (London, 1904) p. 349.
2. Richard Cannon, Historical Record of the Thirty-Ninth, or the Dorsetshire Regiment of Foot (London, 1853) p. 106.
3. Jackson, Sir William G.F.: The Rock of the Gibraltarians: A History of Gibraltar (Gibraltar: Gibraltar Books Ltd., 2001) p.334-5