Francis Norreys (1609–1669)
Sir Francis Norreys (1609–1669) was an English politician.[1]
Biography
Norreys was the illegitimate son of
In 1656, Norreys was elected as a
Member of Parliament for Oxfordshire in the Second Protectorate Parliament. He was returned for the same seat to the Third Protectorate Parliament in 1658, but in February of that year the return was declared invalid by the House of Commons of England and Viscount Falkland was elected in his place.[1]
By his wife Hester, daughter of Sir John Rouse, Norreys was the father of Sir Edward Norreys.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d Lee, Sidney (1895). . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 41. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 121.
- ^ Henning, B.D. (1983). "NORREYS, Sir Edward (1634-1712), of Weston-on-the-Green, Oxon". The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1690-1715. historyofparliamentonline.org. Retrieved 14 September 2023.