Fletcher Norton (politician)

Fletcher Norton MP FRSE (1744–1820) was a Scottish barrister and member of parliament. He was a joint founder of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1783.

Life

He was born on 16 November 1744 the second son of Fletcher Norton, 1st Baron Grantley and his wife, Grace Chapple. He was admitted to the Middle Temple on 6 November 1755[1] and educated at Harrow School and Eton College 1756 to 1762.[2]

He studied Law at University College, Oxford from 1762 and at the Middle Temple in London from 1765 and was Called to the Bar on 9 June 1769. He was appointed to the Bench on 23 January 1795.[3]

He was MP for Appleby-in-Westmorland 1773/74 and MP for Carlisle 1774/75.

From 1776 until death he was Baron of the Exchequer one of the longest ever in this office.

He died on 19 June 1820 at Abbeyhill in Edinburgh.

Family

In 1793 he married Caroline Elizabeth Balmain, daughter of James Balmain. Their eight children included George Chapple Norton and Charles Francis Norton and Fletcher Norton, 3rd Baron Grantley.[4]

References
  1. Sturgess, H.A.C. (1949). Register of Admissions of the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple. Butterworth & Co. (Publishers) Ltd: Temple Bar. Vol. 1 , p.349
  2. http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1754-1790/member/norton-hon-fletcher-1744-1820
  3. Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0-902-198-84-X.
  4. https://www.geni.com/people/Fletcher-Norton/6000000017802070078
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