Name John Newte | Died 1716 | |
Education Blundell's School, Balliol College | ||
John Newte (1656–1716) was a Church of England clergyman, chaplain to Charles II and notably defended the lawfulness of church music.
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John Newte was born at Ottery St Mary in 1656, the son of Richard Newte. He was educated at Blundell's School and Balliol College, Oxford, later obtaining a fellowship at the College. He became Rector of Tidcombe and Pitt Portions, Tiverton, by 1679, and chaplain to Charles II.
Newte championed many charitable causes: giving money for the building of Cove Chapel, founding Charity Schools in Tiverton and elsewhere, and leaving land to Balliol College to found an exhibition for a Blundell’s scholar.
The National Portrait Gallery in London holds a line engraving of Newte by Michael Van der Gucht (after Thomas Forster).