Background
Born at Winchester, John was the first son of Reverend John Monk Newbolt and his wife Susanna.
Born at Winchester, John was the first son of Reverend John Monk Newbolt and his wife Susanna.
He studied at Winchester and at Christ Church, Oxford, graduating in 1791. He studied law at All Souls College, Oxford and was called to the Inn in 1795.
He worked for a while at the Chancery as a Secretary and then as a Commissioner of Bankruptcy (1796-1811). Family life pushed him to seek better pay and position. He tried to obtain a position in Canada and then India.
The position was obtained through the influence of Lord Canning, a fellow alumnus of Christ Church.
He was knighted on 17 April 1810. Working for two years in India, he saved £10,000.
In 1815 he succeeded Thomas Andrew Lumisden Strange and in 1817 he founded the Madras Literary Society. He resigned from his position on 31 August 1820 and hoped to retire to a cottage on the Isle of Wight.
He died suddenly on 22 January 1823.
A monument was erected in his memory at South Stoneham near Southampton.