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See also:GRANTLEY, See also:FLETCHER See also:NORTON, 1ST See also:BARON (1716-1789) , See also:English politician, was the eldest son of See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas Norton of Grantley, See also:Yorkshire, where he was See also:born on the 23rd of See also:June 1716. He became a See also:barrister in 1739, and, after a See also:period of inactivity, obtained a large and profitable practice, becoming a K.C. ijl 1754, and afterwards See also:attorney-See also:general for the See also:county See also:palatine of See also:Lancaster. In 1756 he was elected member of See also:parliament for See also:Appleby; he represented See also:Wigan from 1761 to 1768, and was appointed See also:solicitor-general for See also:England and knighted in 1762. He took See also:part in the proceedings against See also:John Wilkes, and, having become attorney-general in 1763, prosecuted the 5th See also:Lord See also:Byron for the See also:murder of See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William Chaworth, losing his See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office when the See also:marquess of See also:Rockingham came into See also:power in
See also:July 1765. In 1769, being now member of parliament for See also:Guildford, Norton became a privy councillor and See also:chief See also:justice in See also:eyre of the forests See also:south of the See also:Trent, and in 1770 was chosen See also:Speaker of the See also:House of See also:Commons. In 1777, when presenting the See also:bill for the increase of the See also:civil See also:list to the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king, he told See also:George III. that parliament has " not only granted to your See also:majesty a large See also:present See also:supply, but also a very See also:great additional See also:revenue; great beyond example; great beyond your majesty's highest expense." This speech aroused general See also:attention and caused some irritation; but the Speaker was supported by See also:Fox and by the See also:city of See also:London, and received the thanks of the House of Commons. George, however, did not forget these See also:plain words, and after the general See also:election of 178o, the See also:prime See also:minister, Lord See also:North, and his followers declined to support the re-election of the retiring Speaker, alleging that his See also:health was not equal to the duties of the office, and he was defeated when the voting took See also:place. In 1782 he was made a peer as Baron Grantley of Markenfield. He died in London on the 1st of See also:January 1789. He was succeeded as Baron Grantley by his eldest son William (1742-1822). See also:Wraxall describes Norton as " a bold, able and eloquent, but not a popular pleader," and as Speaker he was aggressive and indiscreet. Derided by satirists as " See also:Sir Bullface Doublefee," and described by See also:Horace See also:Walpole as one who " See also:rose from obscure See also:infamy to that infamous fame which will See also:long stick to him," his See also:character was also assailed by See also:Junius, and the general impression. is that he was a hot-tempered, avaricious and unprincipled See also:man.
See H. Walpole, See also:Memoirs of the Reign of George III.,-edited by G. F. R. See also:Barker (1894); Sir N. W. Wraxall, See also:Historical and See also:Posthumous Memoirs, edited by H. B. See also:Wheatley (1884) ; and J. A. See also:Manning, Lives of the Speakers (185o).
End of Article: GRANTLEY, FLETCHER NORTON, 1ST BARON (1716-1789)
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