Edward Norton (baptised 1654 – 1702) was an English soldier and politician, an early Whig supporter and conspirator of the Rye House Plot.
His sister Ellen married the Westbury Member of Parliament William Trenchard.
[2][3] With others of the Whig faction, he was the target of a government attempt towards the end of 1681 to discredit opponents by establishing subornation of perjury.
He appeared before the Privy Council, to answer charges laid by Robert Bolron, and Lawrence Mowbray.
[4][5] Norton attended meetings of the Rye House Cabal around Robert West in December 1682, in which an assassination plot and a general armed uprising were discussed.