Matthew Norris (July 1705 – 27 December 1738) was a Royal Navy officer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1733 to 1734.
[3][4] His niece was the art collector and amateur artist John Norris Hewett.
[5] Norris was appointed to the New York station, where he arrived on 26 July 1734 aboard HMS Tartar.
Norris became a freeman of New York on account of his marriage and also because he vigorously opposed a bill in favour of the sugar colonies.
[8] Her maternal grandfather was James Graham, who served as Speaker of the Assembly and Recorder of New York City.