Sir Richard Norton, 1st Baronet (c. 1582 – June 1646) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1621 to 1622.
In March 1608, Norton was set to join an embassy to Florence with the diplomat Stephen Lesieur.
He was challenged to a duel by Henry Clare (a follower of the Earl of Montgomery) for wrongs done to his sister.
[1] Norton was the son of Sir Richard Norton, of East Tisted, Hampshire and his wife Mabel Beecher, daughter of Henry Becher, Alderman of London.
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