William Norreys (Berkshire MP)
William Norreys was an English soldier and courtier of the Tudor period.Family and life
His father, Henry Norreys, 1st Baron Norreys, and mother, Hon. Margery Williams, daughter and co-heiress of John Williams, 1st Baron Williams, both outlived him.
He was elected in 1572 as Member of Parliament to represent Berkshire during the reign of Elizabeth I of England and also served as Marshal of Berwick.
Norreys campaigned in Ireland from 1573 till 1576 as a Captain of Horse and again in 1579, where he died of fever. His younger brother, Sir John Norreys, was the most acclaimed English soldier of his day.
Sir William married 1576 Elizabeth Morrison, elder daughter of Sir Richard Morrison, and had a son who became the Earl of Berkshire.
Dame Elizabeth, his widow, married secondly in 1586 Henry Clinton, 2nd Earl of Lincoln, and had a son, who became known as Sir Henry Fynes, as co-heir of Baron Dacre, whose great-great-grandson was Henry Fynes Clinton.
