Background
Newbold was born in 1881 in Tunbridge Wells, England. He was the second son of William Newbold of East Grinstead, and was educated at Rose Hill in Tunbridge Wells and then Uppingham School.
Newbold was born in 1881 in Tunbridge Wells, England. He was the second son of William Newbold of East Grinstead, and was educated at Rose Hill in Tunbridge Wells and then Uppingham School.
He played six international games for England between 1904 and 1905. During the First World War he served the British Army in the Royal Engineers. He entered Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge in 1900 and was awarded his Bachelor in 1903.
On leaving Cambridge in 1904 he joined brewing firm Guinness, becoming one of their early chemists at the Guinness Research Laboratory.
He played in all three games of the 1904 campaign and was reselected for the 1905 Championship. After the outbreak of World War I, Newbold joined the Royal Engineers and reached the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.
He was mentioned in dispatches on three occasions and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order. In 1941 Newold became the Managing Director of Guinness.
And from 1942-1945 he was the Chairman of the Brewers" Society.
After leaving university he joined Blackheath, and became a member of the invitational tourists, The Barbarians in 1903.
