Sir Daniel Norton (1568 – 4 July 1636) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1621 and 1629. Norton was the son of Sir Richard Norton of Rotherfield. He was knighted at Whitehall on 23 July 1603. Through his marriage in 1606 he came into possession of

Southwick Park Southwick Priory or Our Lady at Southwick () was a priory of Augustinian canons founded in Portchester Castle on Portsmouth Harbour and later transferred north to Southwick, Hampshire, England. It ceased at the Dissolution of the Monasterie ...

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

Southwick Priory Southwick Priory or Our Lady at Southwick () was a priory of Augustinian canons founded in Portchester Castle on Portsmouth Harbour and later transferred north to Southwick, Hampshire, England. It ceased at the Dissolution of the Monasteries ...

which was demolished at the beginning of the 19th century. In 1621, he was elected Member of Parliament for Portsmouth. He was elected MP for Hampshire 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
/ref> It was while Charles I was the guest of Norton at Southwick Park, that he received the news of the assassination of the Duke of Buckingham 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 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 Puritan 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