About Edward Norreys
Lived 1634 – 1712 (aged 77–78). Edward Norreys was an English and British politician.
Sir Edward Norreys (August 1634 – September/October 1712) was an English Tory politician who represented Oxfordshire constituencies in the English, and later British, House of Commons between 1675 and 1679 and 1689 and 1708.
Biography Norreys was the second but only surviving son of Sir Francis Rose (also known by the surname Norreys) of Weston-on-the-Green, Oxfordshire and Hester Rouse, daughter of Sir John Rouse.
Norreys remained a Tory, at first refusing the Association of 1696. In November 1696 he voted against the attainder of Sir John Fenwick, 3rd Baronet.
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English Member of Parliament (1634-1712)
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Edward Norreys was born in 1634.
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Edward Norreys died in 1712.
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Edward Norreys was a politician.
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Edward Norreys was English and British.
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