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NORTH, MONTAGUE, son of Hon. Roger North KC MP, Rougham, Norfolk, barrister, and Mary, dau. of Sir Robert Gayer, Kt, Stoke Poges, Bucks.; b. 1712; in school lists Feb 1727/8, 1729; a letter dated 27 Apr 1728, addressed to him at “Mr. Russell’s house in College Street”, is printed in his father’s Lives of the Norths, iii, 267; Jesus Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 26 Jun 1730, matr. 1731; BA 1733/4; MA 1737; DD 1767; ordained deacon (Ely) Jul 1738, priest (Norwich) Dec 1738; Rector of Sternfield, Suffolk, from 1767; Canon of Windsor from 26 Jun 1775; m. Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. Francis Folkard, Rector of Clopton, Suffolk; d. 22 Aug 1779.

NORTH, FRANCIS FREDERICK, elder son of Fountain North, Rougham, Norfolk, and Arabella, dau. of Isaac Strutt, Hampstead, Middlesex; b. 2 Jul 1778; adm. 7 Jun 1789 (Clapham); in school lists 1795. 1796; Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 22 Dec 1796; of Rougham, Norfolk; m. 5 Mar 1799 Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. William Whitear, Rector of All Saints, Hastings, Sussex; d. 8 Oct 1821.

NORTH, CHARLES EDWARD, brother of Francis Frederick North (qv); b. 29 Oct 1780; adm. 9 Jun 1789 (Clapham); in school list 1795; left Mich. 1798; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 15 May 1798, aged 18; BA 1802; MA 1805; ordained deacon 6 Mar 1803, priest 23 Dec 1804 (both Winchester); Rector of Portland, Dorset 23 May 1811; Rector of Child Okeford, Dorset, from 3 Aug 1815; d. 16 Apr 1863.

NORRIS, SIR WILLIAM, BART., second son of Thomas Norris MP, Speke, Lancashire, and Catherine, dau. of Sir Henry Garroway, Kt, Lord Mayor of London; b.; adm.; KS in 1672; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1675, adm. pens. 25 Jun 1675, scholar 1676; BA 1678/9; MA 1682; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1681 – c. 1690, Tutor 1687; took part in struggle with James II against the admission of Roman Catholics to Cambridge Univ. 1687; MP Liverpool 1695 – Nov 1701; a Commissioner of Public Accounts 1697; created baronet 3 Dec 1698; sent out to India as King’s Commissioner to obtain trading privileges from the Mogul Emperor for the New General Society (otherwise English Company); landed at Masulipatam Sep 1699, but was not able to secure an audience with the Emperor Aurungzeb until 28 Apr 1701; after repeated interviews Norris left the Mogul camp in Nov 1701 without having achieved the objects of his mission; was forcibly detained for two months at Burhampuri, and not allowed to proceed until Feb 1701/2; sailed for England in ship Scipio 5 May 1702; lic. to m. 13 Dec 1689 Elizabeth, widow of Nicholas Pollexfen and of Isaac Meynell, both of London, and dau. of Robert Reade, Cheshunt, Herts.; d. 10 Oct 1702 on voyage back from India, and was buried at sea. DNB.

NORRIS, WILLIAM; b.; adm. (aged 12) Jul 1729; in school list 1731.

Norris, William Foxley; son of the Reverend William Norris; b. 4 Feb. 1859; educated at Charterhouse and Trinity College, Oxford; took holy orders at Leeds Clergy School; Rural Dean of Silkstone, Rector of Barnsley, and Archdeacon of Halifax; July 1902 appointed appointed an honorary Canon of Wakefield Cathedral; 1917 Dean of York; 1925 Dean of Westminster; d. 28 Sep. 1937, buried in Westminster Abbey.

NORRIS, ROBERT; b. ; adm. ; KS in 1619 (Chapter Muniments 32451); Emmanuel Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 29 Jun 1620, matr. 1620; migr. to Clare Coll. ; BA 1623/4; MA 1627. [Perhaps Rector of Horsenden, Bucks. , 1640, sequestrated 1650; Rector of East Hendred, Berks. , from 22 Feb 1660/1; d. 1685].

Norris, Peter John Bedingfield, son of Harold Edward Francis Norris of Brentford, Middx, and Helena Maud, d. of Herman Conrad; b. 3 Oct. 1910; adm. Sept. 1924 (H); left Apr. 1928; 2nd Lieut. RASC (TA) 1933, Lieut. May 1936, Capt. May 1937, despatches (NW Europe) May 1945, Maj. 1947; TD 1947, clasps 1954 and 1960; AER 1954, RARO 1959; an insurance official and industrial editor; d. 26 Apr. 1985.

Norris, John Kingsley, son of Frederick Aubrey Norris, engineer, and Elizabeth, d. of Luther John Hobden of Framfield, Sussex; b. 21 Feb. 1929; adm. Sept. 1943 (B); left July 1946; a farmer and baker; m. 28 Nov. 1959 Janet Amanda, d. of Wilfred Rankin of Hastings, Sussex; d. 22 Sept. 1995.

NORRIS, GEORGE; b.; adm. (aged 10) Feb 1752; in school list 1754.