Baron Norton

Baron Norton, of Norton-on-the-Moors in the County of Stafford, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1878 for the Conservative politician and former President of the Board of Trade, Sir Charles Adderley. He was succeeded by his elder son, the second Baron. Two of his sons, the third and fourth Baron, both succeeded in the title. On the latter's death in 1944, the title passed to his eighty-nine-year-old uncle, the fifth Baron.

Barons Norton (1878)

  • Charles Bowyer Adderley, 1st Baron Norton (1814–1905)
  • Charles Leigh Adderley, 2nd Baron Norton (1846–1926)
  • Ralph Bowyer Adderley, 3rd Baron Norton (1872–1933)
  • Ronald Wollstan Fleetwood Adderley, 4th Baron Norton (1885–1944)
  • Henry Arden Adderley, 5th Baron Norton (1854–1945)
  • Hubert Bowyer Arden Adderley, 6th Baron Norton (1886–1961)
  • John Arden Adderley, 7th Baron Norton (1915–1993)
  • James Nigel Arden Adderley, 8th Baron Norton (born 1947)

The heir apparent is the present holder's son, the Hon. Edward James Arden Adderley (born 1982). The heir apparent's heir apparent is his son, Frederick John Arden Adderley (born 2015).

Male-line family tree

Male-line family tree, Barons Norton.
Charles Adderley1st Baron Norton1814–1905
Charles Adderley2nd Baron Norton1846–1926Henry Adderley5th Baron Norton1854–1945
Ralph Adderley3rd Baron Norton1872–1933Hon.Charles Adderley1881–1905Hon.Humphry Adderley1882–1917Hon.Randolph Adderley1884–1928Ronald Adderley4th Baron Norton1885–1944Hubert Adderley6th Baron Norton1886–1961
John Adderley7th Baron Norton1915–1993
James Adderley8th Baron Nortonborn 1947
Hon.Edward Adderleyborn 1982
Frederick Adderleyborn 2015

Line of succession

Coat of arms

Coat of arms of Baron Norton
Crest
On a chapeau Azure turned up Ermine a stork Argent.
Escutcheon
Argent on a bend Azure three mascles of the field.
Supporters
On either side a stork Argent gorged with a chain Or suspended therefrom an escutcheon Azure charged with a mascle also Argent.
Motto
Addere Legi Justitiam Decus [1]

Notes

  1. ^Burke's Peerage. 1949.

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