Publisher and editor titles including Tit-Bits, Review of Reviews and The Strand Magazine.

Formed George Newnes Ltd in 1891 and began the publication of books in 1897.

1885 elected MP for Eastern Cambridgeshire or Newmarket

1895 created a Baronet

1900 MP for Swansea

Built a cliff railway between Lynton and Lynmouth

Instrumental in creation of the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway