He was regarded as self-indulgent and, according to contemporary accounts, ended his life in poverty in Constantinople, where he was decapitated and his body thrown into the sea.
[1] Norcott was called to the Irish bar in 1797, and according to David James O'Donoghue in the Dictionary of National Biography, he was successful for a while but preferred social life to his legal work.
[4] About 1815, however, through Croker's influence, he obtained an excellent position in Malta but failed to hold it for long, and fled the island "entirely discredited".
[1] After leaving Malta, Norcott eventually reached Smyrna in the Ottoman Empire, where he lived by selling rhubarb and opium in the streets.
Around 1820, he rejected Islam and attempted to leave Constantinople, but after being pursued and captured, he was decapitated and his body thrown into the sea.