Sir Thomas Norton, 1st Baronet

Sir Thomas Norton, 1st Baronet (1615 – 27 August 1691) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1685 to 1689.

Norton was the son of Simon Norton, dyer of Coventry, and his wife Prudence Jesson, daughter of John Jesson.[1] He was created baronet of Coventry on 23 July 1661.

In 1685, Norton was elected Member of Parliament for Coventry. He held the seat to 1689.[2]

Norton married Anne Jermy, daughter of John Jermy of Hutton Hall, Suffolk. They had four daughters but without male issue the baronetcy became extinct on his death.[1]

References
  1. John Burke, John Bernard Burke A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies
  2. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 6)
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