William Norris

William Norris may refer to:

William Norreys (captain)

William Norreys (b. ca. 1552–d. 25 Dec. 1579) was an English soldier and politician.

William was the second son of Henry Norris, 1st Baron Norreys and his wife, Margery Williams, the younger daughter of John Williams, 1st Baron Williams of Thame. From 1572 to 1579, during the reign of Elizabeth I of England, he was the Member of Parliament for Berkshire. He served as a captain with his brother, Sir John Norreys, in Ireland where he died of a fever in 1579. He was the father of Francis Norris, 1st Earl of Berkshire.

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William Norris (antiquarian)

William Norris (1719–1791) was an English clergyman and antiquarian.

Life

He was brother to Robert Norris. He was elected Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries on 4 April 1754, and that year began to assist Joseph Ames as secretary to the society. On Ames's death, in 1759, Norris became sole secretary, and held the post as an effective official until 1786, when he retired on account of ill-health.

He was for several years corrector for the press to Thomas Baskett, the royal printer. He died in Camden Street, Islington, in November 1791, and was buried in the burial-ground of St James, Pentonville, on 29 November.

References

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Porter, Bertha (1895). "Norris, William (1719-1791)". In Lee, Sidney. Dictionary of National Biography 41. London: Smith, Elder & Co.