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John Norris (philosopher), John Norris
John or Jack Norris may refer to: Politicians *John Norris (died 1577), MP for Downton, Taunton and Bodmin *John Norris (1685–1752), Member of Parliament for Chippenham, 1713–1715 *John Norris (1702–1767), Member of Parliament for Rye, 1727–1733 *John Norris (born 1740), Member of Parliament for Rye, 1762–1774 *Sir John Norris (Royal Navy officer) (1670/71–1749), British admiral, Member of Parliament for Rye and Portsmouth *John Thomas Norris (1808–1870), MP for Abingdon, 1857–1865 *John Norris (1721–1786), High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire Others *John Norris (soldier) or Norreys (ca. 1547 – 1597), the son of Henry Norris, 1st Baron Norreys, a lifelong friend of Queen Elizabeth *John Norris (philosopher) (1657–1711), philosopher and poet *John Norris (1721–1786), English merchant and member of the Hellfire Club *John S. Norris (1804–1876), American architect *John Norris (priest) (1823–1891), English archdeacon *J. Frank Norris (John Franklyn Norris, 1877â ...
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John Norris (died 1577)
John Norris (by 1502 – 30 January 1577) was an English politician. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Downton in October 1553 and April 1554, for Taunton in November 1554, and for Bodmin Bodmin () is a town and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated south-west of Bodmin Moor. The extent of the civil parish corresponds fairly closely to that of the town so is mostly urban in character. It is bordere ... in 1558. References 1577 deaths English MPs 1553 (Mary I) English MPs 1554 English MPs 1554–1555 English MPs 1558 Members of the Parliament of England for Bodmin Year of birth uncertain Members of the pre-1707 English Parliament for constituencies in Wiltshire {{16thC-England-MP-stub ...
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John Norris (1685–1752)
John Norris (1685–1752) was an English member of the Parliament of Great Britain. He was born the eldest son of William Norris of Nonsuch House, Wiltshire and Lincoln's Inn, London and educated at Trinity College, Oxford, where he matriculated in 1700. He entered Lincoln's Inn in 1703 to study law and was called to the bar in 1710. He represented Chippenham (UK Parliament constituency), Chippenham in Parliament from 1713 to 1715. He died in 1752, having married, in 1716, Elizabeth, probably the daughter of John Thresher of Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire and had at least one son, William. References

1685 births 1752 deaths Alumni of Trinity College, Oxford Members of Lincoln's Inn Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies British MPs 1713–1715 {{England-GreatBritain-MP-stub ...
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John Norris (1702–1767)
John Norris (1702–1767) was a British customs official and politician who sat in the British House of Commons, House of Commons from 1727 to 1732. Early life Norris was baptized on 31 July 1702, the third, but eldest surviving son of John Norris (Royal Navy officer), Admiral Sir John Norris and his wife Elizabeth Aylmer, daughter of Admiral Matthew Aylmer, 1st Baron Aylmer, Matthew Aylmer. He married Judith Western, daughter of Robert Western on 13 January 1729. Politics At the 1727 British general election, Norris was returned unopposed as Member of Parliament for Rye (UK Parliament constituency), Rye on his father's interest. He voted regularly with the Opposition and spoke against the Government on the Address in January. 1729, and on the Hessians and Dunkirk, in February 1730. On 21 April 1730 he took the ministry by surprise by moving for an address to lay before the House any secret articles to the treaty of Seville, which resulted in a four hours’ debate His last ...
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John Norris (born 1740)
John or Jack Norris may refer to: Politicians * John Norris (died 1577), MP for Downton, Taunton and Bodmin * John Norris (1685–1752), Member of Parliament for Chippenham, 1713–1715 *John Norris (1702–1767), Member of Parliament for Rye, 1727–1733 * John Norris (born 1740), Member of Parliament for Rye, 1762–1774 *Sir John Norris (Royal Navy officer) (1670/71–1749), British admiral, Member of Parliament for Rye and Portsmouth * John Thomas Norris (1808–1870), MP for Abingdon, 1857–1865 *John Norris (1721–1786), High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire Others *John Norris (soldier) or Norreys (ca. 1547 – 1597), the son of Henry Norris, 1st Baron Norreys, a lifelong friend of Queen Elizabeth *John Norris (philosopher) (1657–1711), philosopher and poet *John Norris (1721–1786), English merchant and member of the Hellfire Club * John S. Norris (1804–1876), American architect * John Norris (priest) (1823–1891), English archdeacon *J. Frank Norris (John Franklyn Norris ...
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Rye (UK Parliament Constituency)
Rye was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Rye in East Sussex. It returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until its representation was halved under the Reform Act 1832. From the 1832 general election, Rye returned one Member of Parliament until its abolition for the 1950 general election, when the town of Rye itself was transferred to the redrawn Hastings constituency where it remained until 1955 when it returned to the re-created Rye seat. The constituency was re-created for the 1955 general election, and abolished again for the 1983 general election. Boundaries 1885–1918: The Municipal Boroughs of Hastings and Rye, the Sessional Divisions of Battle, Burwash, Frant, Hastings, and Rye, the ancient town of Winchelsea, and the Liberty of the Sluice and Petit Iham. 1918–1950: The Municipal Boroughs of Bexhill and Rye, the Urban District of Battle, the Rural Districts of Battle, Hastings, Rye, a ...
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John Norris (Royal Navy Officer)
Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Norris (1670 or 167113 June 1749) was a Royal Navy officer and Whig politician. After serving as a junior officer during the Nine Years' War and the Williamite War in Ireland, he was given command of a squadron sent to North America to protect British settlements on the banks of Hudson Bay in 1697. Although he developed a plan to recapture some territories in Newfoundland and Labrador taken by French forces the previous winter, he was prevented from implementing that plan when the local council overruled him. Norris served under Admiral Sir George Rooke at the Battle of Cádiz at an early stage of the War of the Spanish Succession. He went on to command the vanguard at the Battle of Malaga in August 1704 and then served under Admiral the Earl of Peterborough at the capture of Barcelona in October 1705. As a flag officer, Norris was sent with a fleet to the Baltic Sea to support a coalition of naval forces from Russia, Denmark and Hanover taki ...
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John Thomas Norris
John Thomas Norris (1808 – 15 January 1870) was a British Liberal politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Abingdon 1857–65. He was a Commissioner of Lieutenancy for London, a justice of the peace in Berkshire Berkshire ( ; in the 17th century sometimes spelt phonetically as Barkeshire; abbreviated Berks.) is a historic county in South East England. One of the home counties, Berkshire was recognised by Queen Elizabeth II as the Royal County of Berk ..., and member of the London City Corporation. References External links * 1808 births 1870 deaths Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1857–1859 UK MPs 1859–1865 Councilmen and Aldermen of the City of London {{England-Liberal-UK-MP-stub ...
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John Norris (1721–1786)
John Norris (1721 – 29 June 1786) was an English merchant and a member of the landed gentry. He was High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire in 1775. Biography Norris' father, Robert Norris (d. 1751) was a prosperous merchant in London, but through misfortune or mismanagement he lost all his money, and ended up in Fleet Prison (a debtor's prison). Fortunately his wife, Ellen Savage, came from a very wealthy family in Bishop's Tachbrook, Warwickshire, and when her father died she inherited property and lands worth £140,000. The young Norris was educated at Eton College, and when he was 17 he matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford. He was offered a demyship at Magdalen College, Oxford, from where he gained BA and MA degrees. He later obtained a Doctor of Civil Law. On his father's death, John Norris inherited land and property in Warwickshire, Hampshire, Buckinghamshire and in Islington. He had two manors, Hawley Place in Hawley, Hampshire and Hughenden Manor in High Wycombe, Buck ...
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John Norris (soldier)
Sir John Norris or ''Norreys'' (''ca.'' 1547 – 3 September 1597), of Rycote, Oxfordshire, and of Yattendon and Notley in Berkshire, was an English soldier, the son of Henry Norris, 1st Baron Norreys, a lifelong friend of Queen Elizabeth. The most acclaimed English soldier of his day, Norreys participated in every Elizabethan theatre of war: in the Wars of Religion in France, in Flanders during the Eighty Years' War of Dutch liberation from Spain, in the Anglo-Spanish War, and above all in the Tudor conquest of Ireland. Early life The eldest son of Henry Norreys by his marriage to Marjorie Williams, Norreys was born at Yattendon Castle. His paternal grandfather had been executed after being found guilty of adultery with Queen Anne Boleyn, the mother of Queen Elizabeth. His maternal grandfather was John Williams, Lord Williams of Thame. Norreys' great uncle had been a guardian of the young Elizabeth, who was well acquainted with the family. She had stayed at Yattendon C ...
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John Norris (philosopher)
John Norris, sometimes called John Norris of Bemerton (1657–1712), was an English theologian, philosopher and poet associated with the Cambridge Platonists. Life John Norris was born at Collingbourne Kingston, Wiltshire. He was educated at Winchester School, and Exeter College, Oxford, gaining a B.A. in 1680. He was later appointed a fellow of All Souls College, Oxford (M.A. 1684). He lived a quiet life as a country parson and thinker at Fugglestone St Peter with Bemerton, Wiltshire, from 1692 until his death early in 1712. Works In philosophy he was a Platonist and mystic. He became an early opponent of John Locke, whose ''An Essay Concerning Human Understanding'' (1690) he attacked in ''Christian Blessedness or Discourses upon the Beatitudes'' in the same year; he also combatted Locke's theories in his ''Essay toward the Theory of the Ideal or Intelligible World'' (1701–4). He attacked religious schism in ''Christian Blessedness'' and ''The Charge of Schism, Continued.' ...
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John S
John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died c. AD 30), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (lived c. AD 30), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * Pope J ...
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John Norris (priest)
John Pilkington Norris , D.D. (June 10, 1823 in Chester – 29 December 1891 in Bristol) was Archdeacon of Bristol from 1881 until his death. Biography Norris was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. He was ordained deacon in 1849; and priest in 1850. After a curacy in Trumpington, he was a Schools Inspector until 1864 when he began another curacy at Lewknor. He was Vicar of Hatchford from 1864 to 1870; of Brandon Hill from 1870 to 1877; and of Redcliffe from 1877 to 1882. He was appointed Dean of Chichester just four days before his death.''NEW DEAN OF CHICHESTER.'' Yorkshire Herald The newspapers of Yorkshire have a long history, stretching back to the 18th century. Regional newspapers have enjoyed varying fortunes, reflected in the large number of now-defunct papers from Yorkshire. Existing newspapers Daily newspapers *' ... (York, England), Monday, December 29, 1891; pg. 5; Issue 12657 The man appointed in his stead was Richard Randall.W.K. Lowther Clarke. Ch ...
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