Willoughby Newton, American congressman. member Virginia; member United States House
Background
Born at "Lee Hall" near Hague, Virginia, he was the son of Willoughby Newton and Sarah "Sally" Bland Poythress (1768 – 24 May 1828), the widow of Richard "Squire" Lee and daughter of Peter Poythress (1715–1785) of "Branchester", and Elizabeth Bland (1733–1792). He next married Mary Stevenson Brockenbrough (15 September 1810 – 9 January 1888), daughter of Judge William Brockenbrough, on 12 May 1830.
Education
College of William & Mary.
Career
She died after only a year. The couple had eight children. He was a red hot secessionist delegate in the General Assembly from Hanover County before the war.
The famous painting "The Burial of Latane" was of the burial at his home, "Summer Hill", in Hanover which remains in the family.
Sarah (b 1833); married doctor Philip Smith Mary Willoughby (b 1835). Died young Willoughby III (1837 – 20 June 1897).
Married Elizabeth Lewis Marshall (1841–1888) John B. (7 February 1839 – 28 May 1897). Episcopal suffragan bishop of Virginia.
Physician before the war and in Confederate service.
Willoughby"s servant, John Willis, was handed the leg to bury and maintained until his death in 1926 that he was going to Heaven so he could tell Mr. Willoughby "where his leg was at." Robert Murphey (b 15 May 1842) Judith White (b 29 October 1843). Married Edwin Claybrook He died at his family"s estate, "Linden" in Westmoreland County, Virginia on May 23, 1874 and was interned there in a private cemetery. received a liberal education from private teachers as a child and went on to attend the College of William and Mary.
He studied law and was admitted to the bar, commencing practice in Westmoreland County, Virginia.
After failing to be reelected, resumed practicing law and also engaged in agricultural pursuits. He was president of the Virginia Agricultural Society in 1852.
He delivered an important and strongly pro-slavery and pro-secession speech before the literary societies of the Virginia Military Institute in 1858. returned to the House of Delegates in 1861, serving until 1863.
Membership
ECN has four living great grandsons, one of whom was Commonwealth"s Attorney for Westmoreland County (ECN IV) and another who was a member of the Board of Directors of the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries (Charles Marshall Davison.He also has six living great-granddaughters. He was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1826 to 1832 and was later elected a Whig to the United States House of Representatives in 1842, serving from 1843 to 1845.