Sir Roger Newdigate

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Sir Roger Newdigate was an 18th-century British politician and classical scholar best known as the founder and namesake of Oxford University's prestigious Newdigate Prize for English verse.

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instanceOf British politician
classical scholar
human
associatedWith University of Oxford NERFINISHED
birthDate 1719-05-30
burialPlace Arbury, Warwickshire NERFINISHED
commemoratedBy annual Newdigate Prize poem at Oxford University
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
deathDate 1806-11-23
educatedAt University College, Oxford NERFINISHED
Westminster School
era 18th century
familyName Newdigate NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork classical studies
politics
givenName Roger
heritageDesignationOfResidence Arbury Hall, country house in Warwickshire NERFINISHED
honorificPrefix Sir
inceptionOfNewdigatePrize 1806
knownFor founding the Newdigate Prize
patronage of English verse at Oxford
languageOfWorkOrName English
legacy encouragement of English verse composition at Oxford
memberOf Parliament of Great Britain NERFINISHED
name Sir Roger Newdigate NERFINISHED
namesakeOf Newdigate Prize NERFINISHED
nobleTitle baronet
notableWork improvements and Gothic alterations at Arbury Hall
owned Arbury Hall NERFINISHED
parliamentaryTermEnd 1786
parliamentaryTermStart 1742
patronOf architecture
poetry
placeOfBirth Arbury, Warwickshire NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Arbury, Warwickshire NERFINISHED
politicalAlignment Tory
positionHeld Member of Parliament for Middlesex
Member of Parliament for Oxford University
precededBy Sir Richard Newdigate, 1st Baronet NERFINISHED
religion Church of England
residence Arbury Hall NERFINISHED
succeededBy Francis Newdigate NERFINISHED
title 2nd Baronet

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Newdigate Prize namedAfter Sir Roger Newdigate