Sir Thomas Norton, 1st Baronet (1615 – 27 August 1691) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1685 to 1689. Norton was the son of Simon Norton, dyer of Coventry, and his wife Prudence Jesson, daughter of John Jesson.John Burke, John Bernard Burke ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies''
/ref> He was created baronet of Coventry on 23 July 1661. In 1685, Norton was elected

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. He held the seat to 1689. Norton married Anne Jermy, daughter of John Jermy of Hutton Hall, Suffolk. They had four daughters but without male issue the baronetcy became extinct on his death.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Norton, Thomas 1615 births 1691 deaths People from Coventry English MPs 1685–1687 Baronets in the Baronetage of England Members of Parliament for Coventry