Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Norton, Sir Fletcher, Knight
Norton, Sir Fletcher, Knight, created D.C.L. 20 Oct., 1762, solicitor-general 1761, knighted 25 Jan., 1762, bar.-at-law, Middle Temple, 1739, bencher 1754, attorney-general Dec., 1763, chief justice in Eyre 1763, recorder of Guildford, speaker of the House of Commons 1769-82, M.P. Appleby 1754-61, Wigan 1761-68, Guildford 1768-82 (son of Thomas Norton, of Grandey, Yorks), created Baron Grantley 9 April, 1782, died 1 Jan., 1789. See Foster's Peerage.