Newman (1875—1902) Alured Newman (1831—1904) Edward Devon Newman (1885—1977) John Edward Alured Newman (1915—) The heir apparent is the present holder's son, Robert Melvil Newman (born 1985). The heir apparent's heir presumptive is the present holder's brother, Richard Claude Newman (born 1951). Neumann (later Newman) baronets of Cecil Lodge (1912) The Neumann (later Newman) Baronetcy of Cecil Lodge in Newmarket in the County of Cambridge was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 6 February 1912 for Sigismund Neumann (1857–1916). He was a partner in the firms of S. Neumann and Co., merchants, and Neumann, Luebeck and Co., bankers. The family name was later anglicised to Newman. Neumann was the son of Gustav Neumann of Fürth, Bavaria. Sir Cecil Gustavus Jacques Newman, 2nd Baronet (1891–1955) assumed by Royal licence the surname of Newman in lieu of Neumann in 1936. He was born brought up for the most part at Raynham Hall in Norfolk and 146 Piccadilly, his parents' London house. He was educated at Eton College and went to Balliol College, Oxford. In 1911 he was commissioned into the 1st Norfolk Yeomanry and served until 1920. He saw action at Gallipoli and was invalided out of the theatre with amoebic dysentery. He served as a staff Captain 1917–1920. He married Joan Grimston and bought Burloes Hall near Royston, Hertfordshire in 1923. He was a JP, County Councillor and Chairman of the town council for 10 years. He was High Sheriff of Hertfordshire in 1939. He served again, this time in the Home Guard, from 1940 to 1944. He was Church Warden of the Royston Priory Church for many years and a devout churchman. He died in May 1955 and is remembered by the memorial to him in the Lady Chapel. Sir Gerard Robert Henry Sigismund Newman, 3rd Baronet was born at Burloes Hall in North Hertfordshire on 19 July 1927. He was educated at St Peter's Court; Eton College; and Jesus College, Oxford, where he graduated in 1951 with 2.1 in Law. He went on to become a director and Chairman of several manufacturing companies, the most notable being Rom River based in Battersea and Galloway Group based in Dundee. Rom River was purchased in the early 1950s which he built up very successfully with his brother, John Newman until it was purchased by Blue Circle Cement in 1969. He acquired land at Fairhaugh in Northumberland in 1972