Peter Legh, 4th Baron Newton

The Right Honourable
The Lord Newton
The Right Honourable The Lord Newton
Minister of State for Education and Science
	In office; 1 April 1964 – 16 October 1964
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	Sir Alec Douglas-Home
Preceded by	Sir Edward Boyle
Succeeded by	The Lord Bowden
Monarch	In office; 6 September 1962 – 1 April 1964
Ministerial offices 1957-64
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health
	In office; 6 September 1962 – 1 April 1964
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	Harold Macmillan; Sir Alec Douglas-Home
Preceded by	Edith Pitt
Succeeded by	The Marquess of Lothian
Deputy Chief Whip of the House of Lords ; Captain of the Queen's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard
	In office; 28 October 1960 – 6 September 1962
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	Harold Macmillan
Preceded by	The Earl of Onslow
Succeeded by	The Viscount Goschen
Deputy Chief Whip of the House of Commons; Treasurer of the Household
	In office; 16 January 1959 – 21 June 1960
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	Harold Macmillan
Preceded by	Martin Redmayne (Deputy); Hendrie Oakshott (Treasurer)
Succeeded by	Sir Edward Wakefield, Bt.
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household
	In office; 17 September 1957 – 16 January 1959
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	Harold Macmillan
Preceded by	Sir Richard Thompson, Bt.
Succeeded by	Sir Edward Wakefield, Bt.
Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
	In office; 13 June 1955 – 17 September 1957
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	Anthony Eden
Preceded by	Hendrie Oakshott
Succeeded by	Richard Brooman-White
Member of the House of Lords; Lord Temporal
	In office; 12 June 1960 – 16 June 1992; Hereditary Peerage
Preceded by	The 3rd Lord Newton
Succeeded by	The 5th Lord Newton
Member of Parliament; for Petersfield
	In office; 25 October 1951 – 11 June 1960
Preceded by	Sir George Jeffreys
Succeeded by	Joan Quennell
Personal details
Born	Peter Richard Legh; 6 April 1915; London, England
Died	16 June 1992 (aged 77); Droxford, England
Political party	Conservative
Alma mater	Christ Church, Oxford

Peter Richard Legh, 4th Baron Newton (6 April 1915 – 16 June 1992), was a British Conservative politician who held junior ministerial positions during the 1950s and 1960s.