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Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Norris (1670 or 1671 – 13 June 1749) was a Royal Navy officer. 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. Norris served under Admiral Sir George Rooke at the Battle of Cádiz at an early stage of the War of the Spanish Succession. He went on to command the vanguard at the Battle of Malaga in August 1704 and then served under Admiral the Earl of Peterborough at the capture of Barcelona in October 1705. As a flag officer, Norris was sent with a fleet to the Baltic Sea to support a coalition of naval forces from Russia, Denmark and Hanover taking in the Great Northern War. Tsar Peter took personal command of the coalition fleet and appointed Norris as his deputy in 1716: together they protected British and other allied merchant vessels from attack by warships of the Swedish Empire. In November 1718, following the death of Charles XII of Sweden, Britain switched sides and Norris returned to the region to protect British merchant shipping from attack by Russian raiders. Norris also acted as a commissioner in the negotiations leading to the Treaty of Nystad which ended the War in September 1721. Norris went on to be commander-in-Chief of the Channel Fleet at the outset of the War of Jenkins' Ear in 1739. In 1744 he was asked to defend Britain from an imminent French Invasion: he was preparing for battle against the French fleet, when storms intervened scattering the invasion transports, with heavy loss of life, thereby ending the immediate threat of invasion. ==Early career== Born of uncertain Irish parentage, Norris joined the Royal Navy as a captain’s servant in 1680.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=John Norris )〕 Promoted to lieutenant in August 1689, he joined the third-rate HMS ''Edgar'' commanded by Cloudesley Shovell during the Nine Years' War.〔Heathcote, p. 195〕 He transferred to the third-rate HMS ''Monck'' early in 1690 and served off the Coast of Ireland during the Williamite War in Ireland.〔 Promoted to commander on 8 July 1690, he was given command of the fire ship HMS ''Pelican'' and took part in the Battle of Beachy Head in July 1690 in another action of the Nine Years' War.〔 He transferred to the command of the fire ship HMS ''Spy'' in December 1691 and saw action again at the Battles of Barfleur and La Hogue in May 1692.〔 Promoted to captain on 13 January 1693, Norris was given command of the fifth-rate HMS ''Sheerness'' and fought at the Battle of Lagos in June 1693.〔 He transferred to the command of the third-rate HMS ''Royal Oak'', then to the command of the third-rate HMS ''Sussex'' and then to the command of the second-rate HMS ''Russell'' and was deployed to the Mediterranean early in 1694.〔 He transferred to the command of the fourth-rate HMS ''Carlisle'' and then to the command of the third-rate HMS ''Content'' in Spring 1695.〔 Norris was given command of a squadron sent to North America to protect British settlements on the banks of Hudson Bay in 1697.〔Heathcote, p. 196〕 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 and he received some criticism when he returned to England for his inaction.〔 However he was defended by the Earl of Orford from potential dismissal,〔Aldridge, p. 47〕 his successful career continued and he was given command of the fourth-rate HMS ''Winchester'' later in 1697.〔 Investigations were restarted into his conduct in Newfoundland in early 1699 he was suspended from the navy in April 1699.〔 Norris was given command of the third-rate HMS ''Orford'' early in 1702 and served under Admiral Sir George Rooke at the Battle of Cádiz in August 1702 at an early stage of the War of the Spanish Succession.〔 He went on to command the vanguard at the Battle of Malaga in August 1704.〔 He was given command of the first-rate HMS ''Britannia'', flagship of Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell, in 1703 and then served under Admiral the Earl of Peterborough at the capture of Barcelona in October 1705.〔 Following his return to England he was knighted on 5 November 1705.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Norris (Royal Navy officer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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