Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Norris was a Royal Navy officer and Whig politician. After serving as a junior officer during the Nine Years' War and the Williamite War in Ireland, he was given command of a squadron sent to North America to protect British settlements on the banks of Hudson Bay in 1697. Although he developed a plan to recapture some territories in Newfoundland and Labrador taken by French forces the previous winter, he was prevented from implementing that plan when the local council overruled him.
- Occupation
- diplomat, politician, soldier
- Position held
- ambassador, member of the 2nd Parliament of Great Britain, member of the 3rd Parliament of Great Britain, member of the 4th Parliament of Great Britain
- Born
- 1671
- Died
