Fletcher Norton (judge)
Fletcher Norton 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[]
- ^ 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
- ^ "NORTON, Hon. Fletcher (1744-1820). | History of Parliament Online".
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Fletcher Norton".
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