Hibbert Newton (Australian politician)

Hibbert Newton (1820^[1][2] – 30 May 1890) was an Australian politician, a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly 1859 to July 1861 and Postmaster-General in the William Nicholson Government from 29 October 1860 to 26 November 1860.^[3]

Newton was born in Ballyglen, County Wicklow, Ireland and was called to the Irish Bar by the King's Inn in 1845.^[1] Newton arrived in Melbourne in April 1853 and admitted to the Victorian Bar the following year.^[2] Newton was elected to the seat of South Bourke in October 1859.^[2] Newton suffered from illness for the last 18 years of his life.^[1]

Family

Newton married Catherine Elizabeth Liddiard (1839–1895); their children included:

• Hibbert Henry Newton (1861–1927) married to Clara Violet Newton, née Stephen (1863–1935)

• Hibbert Alan Stephen Newton (1887–1949), better known as Sir Alan Newton

• Catherine Susannah Newton (1866–1938)
• George Percival Newton (1868–1951)