claim: Dan Trachtenberg is a Democrat.
evidence: William Norton -LRB- 19 February 1742 -- 12 November 1822 -RRB- was a British MP and peer .. His father Fletcher Norton , 1st Baron Grantley was created a peer on 9 April 1782 , from which time William Norton was styled ` the Honourable ' .. He became the 2nd Lord Grantley on 1 January 1789 .. He was educated at St John 's College , Cambridge .. Norton was Member of Parliament for Richmond 1768 -- 1774 , for Wigtown Burghs 1774 -- 1775 -LRB- unseated on petition -RRB- , Richmond 1775 -- 1780 , Guildford 1782 -- 1784 and Surrey 1784 -- 1789 .. Member of Parliament. Member of Parliament. Richmond. Richmond ( Yorkshire ) ( UK Parliament constituency ). Wigtown Burghs. Wigtown ( UK Parliament constituency ). Guildford. Guildford ( UK Parliament constituency ). Surrey. Surrey ( UK Parliament constituency ). He was the third Englishman to be elected and the second to actually sit in Parliament , for the Scottish constituency of Wigtown Burghs .. Wigtown Burghs. Wigtown ( UK Parliament constituency )