Edward Norreys
Sir Edward Norreys (or Norris) (died 1603) was a 16th-century Governor of Ostend and English Member of Parliament. Norreys was the third son of Henry Norris, 1st Baron Norreys and his wife, Lady Margery Williams, then of Wytham in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire). He was elected as Member of Parliament for Abingdon in the Parliaments of 1584–1585 and 1588–1589. Like his more famous brother, Sir John Norreys, Edward became a distinguished soldier, fighting in the Netherlands. He was knighted by the Earl of Leicester in 1586 and was appointed Governor of Ostend in 1590. In February the following year he raided the Spanish fort at Blankenberge and destroyed it, returning to Ostend with little loss.
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Abingdon (UK Parliament constituency)Clerk of the Petty BagCustos Rotulorum of BerkshireDudley Carleton, 1st Viscount DorchesterEdward Norris (disambiguation)Francis Godolphin, 2nd Earl of GodolphinFrancis Knollys (admiral)Henry Neville (Gentleman of the Privy Chamber)Henry Neville (died 1615)Henry Norreys (colonel-general)NorreysSiege of CoruñaSir Edward NorreysSir Thomas NorrisThomas Erskine, 1st Earl of KellieWilliam Pelham (lord justice)
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Edward Norreys
Sir Edward Norreys (or Norris) (died 1603) was a 16th-century Governor of Ostend and English Member of Parliament. Norreys was the third son of Henry Norris, 1st Baron Norreys and his wife, Lady Margery Williams, then of Wytham in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire). He was elected as Member of Parliament for Abingdon in the Parliaments of 1584–1585 and 1588–1589. Like his more famous brother, Sir John Norreys, Edward became a distinguished soldier, fighting in the Netherlands. He was knighted by the Earl of Leicester in 1586 and was appointed Governor of Ostend in 1590. In February the following year he raided the Spanish fort at Blankenberge and destroyed it, returning to Ostend with little loss.
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