NORWICH (nOr'rij), GEORGE GORING, EARL OF (1583 ?-1663), English soldier, son of George Goring of Hurstpier point and Ovingdean, Sussex. He was knighted in 16°8, and be came a favourite at court, benefiting largely from monopolies granted by Charles I. He became Baron Goring in 1628, and privy councillor in 1630. When the troubles between Charles and his parliament became acute Goring devoted his fortune freely to the royal cause; and the king in November 1644 renewed for him the title of earl of Norwich which had become extinct at his uncle's death. He went with the queen to Holland in 1642 to raise money for the king, and in the autumn of the next year he was seeking arms and money from Mazarin in Paris. His proceedings were re vealed to the parliament in January 1644 by an intercepted letter to Henrietta Maria. He was consequently impeached of high treason, and prudently remained abroad until 1647 when he re ceived a pass from the parliament under a pretext of seeking reconciliation. Thus he was able to take a prominent part in the
Second Civil War of 1648 (see GREAT REBELLION). He Com manded the Kentish levies, which Fairfax dispersed at Maidstone and elsewhere, and was forced to surrender unconditionally at Col chester. He was condemned to death on March 6, but petitions for mercy were presented to parliament, and Norwich's life was spared by the Speaker's casting vote. He then joined the exiled court of Charles II., by whom he was employed in fruitless nego tiations with the duke of Lorraine. He became captain of the king's guard at the Restoration, and in consideration of the for tune he had expended in the king's service a pension of £2,000 a year was granted him. He died at Brentford on Jan. 6, 1663.