Newdigate (surname)

Newdigate (also spelled Newdegate) is a surname of English origin.

Notable people with the name Newdigate include:

• John Newdigate (1600–1642), English politician
• Roger Newdigate (1719–1806), English politician and collector of antiquities
• Sir Richard Newdigate, 1st Baronet (1602–1678), MP for Tamworth, 1660
• Sir Richard Newdigate, 2nd Baronet (1644–1710), MP for Warwickshire, 1681–85 and 1689–90
• Richard Newdigate (1679–1745), MP for Newark-on-Trent, 1710–15
• Sebastian Newdigate (1500–1535), Carthusian monk

Notable people with the name Newdegate include:

• Charles Newdigate Newdegate (1816–1887), British politician
• Edward Newdegate (1825–1902), British general
• Francis Newdegate (1862–1936), British Conservative politician, Governor of Tasmania and Western Australia
• Francis FitzRoy Newdegate, 3rd Viscount Daventry (1921–2000), British peer

See also

• Newdigate baronets
• Newdegate (disambiguation)