PORTRAIT OF THE HON. MRS NORTON, HALF-LENGTH, IN A WHITE DRESS AND GREEN SHAWL, FEIGNED OVAL

THE SITTER WAS THE ELDER DAUGHTER OF JOHN WOOD OF COPMANTHORPE AND HOLLIN HALL AND HIS WIFE FRANCES (D.1740), DAUGHTER AND HEIRESS OF JOHN NICHOLSON, OF YORK. SHE MARRIED WILLIAM NORTON, OF RIPON, BROTHER OF FLETCHER, 1ST BARON GRANTLEY, SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.