Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Norris was a Royal Navy officer and Whig politician. After serving as a junior officer during the Nine Years' War and the Williamite War in Ireland, he was given command
Portrait by Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1711
c. 1735 portrait of Norris by George Knapton
Norris's home, Hemsted Park in Kent (now occupied by Benenden School)
The Battle of Barfleur at which Norris saw action in command of a fire ship during the Nine Years' War
Vice-Admiral John Baker was an officer of the Royal Navy and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1713 and 1716. He rose to the rank of vice-admiral after service in the Nine Years' War
Baker's monument in Westminster Abbey