Sir Daniel Norton (1568 – 4 July 1636) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the

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at various times between 1621 and 1629. Norton was the son of Sir Richard Norton of Rotherfield. He was knighted at

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on 23 July 1603. Through his marriage in 1606 he came into possession of

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Southwick', A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 3 (1908), pp. 161-165. Date accessed: 13 December 2011
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in 1607. He built a new house on or near the site of

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which was demolished at the beginning of the 19th century. In 1621, he was elected

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for

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. He was elected MP for

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in 1624 and for Portsmouth again in 1625.Browne Willis ''Notitia parliamentaria, or, An history of the counties, cities, and boroughs in England and Wales: ... The whole extracted from mss. and printed evidences'' 1750 pp176-228
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was the guest of Norton at Southwick Park, that he received the news of the assassination of the

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by John Felton at Portsmouth.Godwin, G (1904) ''The civil war in Hampshire (1642–45) and the story of Basing house'', Southampton, H. M. Gilbert and son pp. 33,34
/ref> In 1626 he served a second term as Sheriff of Hampshire and in 1628 was elected MP for Hampshire again, sitting until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years. Norton had joined

Sir John Cooper, 1st Baronet Sir John Cooper, 1st Baronet (died 23 March 1630), was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1628 to 1629. He was the father of Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury. Life Cooper was the son of Sir ...

in denouncing

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in the 1628-29 parliament, and Norton was made one of the trustees for Cooper's son Anthony Ashley Cooper. He provided a home for him and his siblings at Southwick after the death of their parents and Norton chose a man with

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leanings named Fletcher as Cooper's tutor. Norton died at the age of 67 or 68.

Marriage

Norton married Honoria White daughter of Sir John White of Southwick in about July 1606.Hampshire Record Office Daly (Southwick and Norman Court Estates)
nationalarchives.gov.uk. Acct 26 December 2022. She was a woman of some fortitude and religious conviction.McQuade, Paula(2008). ''Catechisms Written for Mothers, Schoolmistresses and Children, 1575-1750'', Ashgate Publishing, Ltd
p. xxxii Their son Richard Norton was a Parliamentarian colonel and their daughter, Honoria, married John Eliot.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Norton, Daniel 1568 births 1636 deaths English landowners High Sheriffs of Hampshire English MPs 1621–1622 English MPs 1624–1625 English MPs 1625 English MPs 1628–1629