Walter Norborne (died 1684)

Walter Norborne (18 November 1655 – September 1684) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1679 and from 1681 to 1684. He was killed in a duel at the age of 28.

Norborne was the son of Walter Norborne of Hilmarton and his wife Mary Chivers, daughter of Henry Chivers of Quemerford and his wife Elizabeth Seacole of Milton, Oxfordshire.[1] His father was a Royalist MP for Calne.

In February 1679, Norborne was elected Member of Parliament for Calne and sat until August 1679. In 1681 he was re-elected MP for Calne and sat until his death in 1684.[2]

Fountain Court, at the heart of Middle Temple

Norborne was killed in a duel with an Irishman at the fountain at Middle Temple in September 1684.[1][3]

Norborne married Frances Bacon, daughter of Sir Edmund Bacon and his wife Elizabeth Crane.[4] He left two daughters: Elizabeth, who married Edward Devereux, Viscount Hereford; and Susan, who married Sir Ralph Hare. The family estate was divided equally between them.[1]

  1. ^ a b c Dunning, R. W.; Rogers, K. H.; Spalding, P. A.; Shrimpton, Colin; Stevenson, Janet H.; Tomlinson, Margaret (1970). "Hilmarton". In Crittall, Elizabeth (ed.). A History of the County of Wiltshire, Volume 9. Victoria County History. University of London. pp. 49–65. Retrieved 15 October 2023 – via British History Online.
  2. ^ Henning, Basil Duke (1983). "NORBORNE, Walter (1655-84), of Castle House, Calne, Wilts.". In Henning, B. D. (ed.). The House of Commons 1660–1690. The History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Extract from the topographical collections of John Aubrey, 1659–70". Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council. Archived from the original on 20 March 2012 – via Internet Archive.
  4. ^ William Betham, The baronetage of England, Volume 1