Fletcher Norton, 1st Baron Grantley

Fletcher Norton, 1st Baron Grantley, PC (23 June 1716 – 1 January 1789) was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1756 to 1782 when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Grantley.

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The Right Honourable
The Lord Grantley
PC
Portrait by William Beechey, 1770
Speaker of the House of Commons
of Great Britain
In office
22 January 1770 – 31 October 1780
Preceded byJohn Cust
Succeeded byCharles Wolfran Cornwall
Solicitor General for England and Wales
In office
1762–1763
Preceded byCharles Yorke
Succeeded byWilliam de Grey
Personal details
SpouseGrace Chapple
Children5
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