Henry Norris (or Norreys, Norrys), 1st Baron Norreys (c. 1525 – 27 June 1601) of Rycote in Oxfordshire, was an English politician and diplomat, who belonged to an old Berkshire family, many members of which had held positions at the English court.
His wife Margery Norris was an intimate courtier of Elizabeth I, who both the couple had known before she became queen. Knighted in 1566, he became Baron Norreys of Rycote, on 8 May 1572.
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Origins
He was the son of Sir Henry Norreys (d. 1536), who was beheaded for his supposed adultery with Queen Anne Boleyn, and Mary Fiennes (1495–1531), daughter of Thomas Fiennes, 8th Baron Dacre (1472–1534).