Sir Walter Charles Norton (24 May 1896 – 22 October 1974) was an English solicitor. He was managing partner of Norton Rose Fulbright, chairman of The Hurlingham Club, president of The Law Society in 1955–56 and Conservative Mayor of the

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for 1957–58. He was

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in 1956. Norton represented Grosvenor Ward as a councillor on the

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from 1948 to 1962, when he was elevated to Alderman. He continued to serve in this position on the newly established Westminster City Council, which replaced the former borough, until 1971.

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1896 births 1974 deaths Presidents of the Law Society of England and Wales Recipients of the Military Cross Politics of the City of Westminster Knights Bachelor Lawyers awarded knighthoods Members of the Order of the British Empire {{England-mayor-stub