Background
Norton was the son of Sir Richard Norton, 1st Baronet and his wife Amy Bilson, daughter of Thomas Bilson, Bishop of Winchester.
Norton was the son of Sir Richard Norton, 1st Baronet and his wife Amy Bilson, daughter of Thomas Bilson, Bishop of Winchester.
Corpus Christi College.
He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War. He matriculated at Corpus Christi, Oxford on 23 June 1637, aged 17. He was admitted to Middle Temple in 1641.
During the CIvil War, he and his father supported the King and suffered accordingly.
He was elected Member of Parliament for Petersfield in 1679 and sat until his death. Norton died at the age of 67 and was buried at East Tisted, when the Baronetcy became extinct.
Norton married Dorothy March, daughter of Thomas March of Ely before September 1670.
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In 1661, Norton was elected Member of Parliament for Hampshire in the Cavalier Parliament.