Walter Norborne (18 November 1655 – September 1684) was an English politician who sat in the

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in 1679 and from 1681 to 1684. He was killed in a duel at the age of 28. Norborne was the son of Walter Norborne of Hilmarton and his wife Mary Chivers, daughter of Henry Chivers of Quemerford and his wife Elizabeth Seacole of Milton, Oxfordshire. ''Parishes: Hilmarton'', A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 9 (1970), pp. 49-65. Date accessed: 5 February 2011
/ref> His father was a Royalist MP for Calne. In February 1679, Norborne was elected

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for

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and sat until August 1679. In 1681 he was re-elected MP for Calne and sat until his death in 1684. Fountain Court London

Norborne was killed in a duel with an Irishman at the fountain at

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in September 1684. Norborne married Frances Bacon, daughter of Sir Edmund Bacon and his wife Elizabeth Crane.

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/ref> He left two daughters, Elizabeth who married Edward Devereux,

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and Susan who married Sir Ralph Hare. The family estate was divided equally between them.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Norborne, Walter 1655 births 1684 deaths People from Calne Duelling fatalities Place of birth missing English MPs 1679 English MPs 1681