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Sir Richard Norton 1st Baronet (c.1582 – June 1646) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1621 to 1622. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War.Norton was the son of Sir Richard Norton of East Tisted Hampshire and his wife Mabel Beecher daughter of Henry Becher Alderman of London. He matriculated at Queen’s College Oxford on 14 October 1597 aged 15. In 1602 he entered Middle Temple. He was knighted at Hampton Court on 10 January 1611.