 Lord Bradford died in St James Place, London, unmarried, but father of an illegitimate son.He was buried on 20 January 1734 in Westminster Abbey, Westminster and was succeeded in his titles by his younger brother Thomas Newport, an imbecile who never married.The entailed estates such as Weston Park then passed to the 4th earl's sister Anne, who had married Sir Orlando Bridgeman, 4th Baronet.