Norborne Berkeley (other)
Norborne Berkeley may refer to: * Norborne Berkeley, 4th Baron Botetourt (c. 1717–1770), British courtier, member of parliament, and royal governor of the colony of Virginia * Norborne Berkeley (American football) (1891–1964), American football player and director of the Bethlehem Steel Company * Norborne Berkeley (soldier) Norborne Berkeley (March 31, 1828 – January 12, 1911) was a northern Virginia planter who became an officer in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War, and afterward served in the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1868 represent ...

Norborne Berkeley, 4th Baron Botetourt
Norborne Berkeley, 4th Baron Botetourt (c. 1717 – 15 October 1770), was a British courtier, member of parliament, and royal governor of the colony of Virginia from 1768 until his death in 1770. Life Norborne Berkeley was born about 1717, the only son of John Symes Berkeley of Stoke Gifford, Gloucestershire by his second wife Elizabeth, the daughter and coheiress of Walter Norborne of Calne, Wiltshire and the widow of Edward Devereux, 8th Viscount Hereford. The Berkeleys of Stoke Gifford were descended from Maurice de Berkeley (d. 1347), who had acquired the manor of Stoke Gifford in 1337, the second son of Maurice de Berkeley, 2nd Baron Berkeley (1271–1326). In 1726, Berkeley was admitted to Westminster School. He succeeded his father to Stoke Park in Stoke Gifford in 1736 and remodelled both the house (now known as the Dower House) and the gardens in the 1740s and 1750s with the help of the designer Thomas Wright of Durham. He was appointed Colonel of the new ...
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Norborne Berkeley (American Football)
Norborne Berkeley (May 13, 1891 – May 26, 1964) was a vice president and director of Bethlehem Steel. Biography A native of Danville, Virginia, he was born to Landon C. Berkeley and Anne Poe Harrison. Berkeley attended the University of Virginia, where he was a prominent athlete. He was the quarterback on the football team and shortstop on the baseball team. He served during World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was List of wars and anthropogenic disasters by death toll, one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, .... References External links 1891 births 1964 deaths Sportspeople from Danville, Virginia Virginia Cavaliers football players Virginia Cavaliers baseball players American football quarterbacks Baseball shortstops Bethlehem Steel people {{Virginia-bio-stub ...
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