NORRIS, Matthew (1705-38).

Family and Education

bap. 12 July 1705,1Reg. St. Paul’s, Covent Gdn. (Harl. Soc. xxxiii), 131. th s. of Sir John Norris and bro. of John Norris. m. by 1734, Euphemia, da. of Lewis Morris sen. of Morrisania, New York, member of the New York assembly and gov. New Jersey, s.p.2PCC 17 Henchman; New Jersey Hist. Soc. Coll. iv. 40, 57.

biography text

Matthew Norris succeeded his brother John at Rye, where he was replaced by their father at the next general election. Appointed to the New York station, he became a freeman there on the grounds of his marriage and his strenuous opposition to the bill in favour of the sugar colonies.3New York Hist. Soc. Coll. (1885), 493. Three years later he was appointed naval commissioner at a salary of £500 p.a. He died 27 Dec. 1738.4Hist. Reg. 1738.

Author

R.R.S.

Volume

Commons 1715-1754

Notes

1. Reg. St. Paul’s, Covent Gdn. (Harl. Soc. xxxiii), 131.
2. PCC 17 Henchman; New Jersey Hist. Soc. Coll. iv. 40, 57.
3. New York Hist. Soc. Coll. (1885), 493.
4. Hist. Reg. 1738.