Charles Adderley, 1st Baron Norton
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Charles Bowyer Adderley, 1st Baron Norton PC (2 August 1814 – 28 March 1905) was an English politician and later peer.
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[edit] Background
He was the eldest son of Charles Clement Adderley (died 1818), offspring of an old Staffordshire family, and his wife, daughter of Sir Edmund Cradock-Hartopp, 1st Baronet.[1] Adderley inherited Hams Hall, Warwickshire and the valuable estates of his great-uncle, Charles Bowyer Adderley, in 1826. He was educated at Christ Church College, Oxford, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1838.[1]
[edit] Career
In 1841, he entered the British House of Commons as Member of Parliament for North Staffordshire, retaining his seat until 1878, when he was created Baron Norton. Adderley's official career began in 1858, when he was appointed President of the Board of Health and Vice-President of the Committee of the Council on Education in Lord Derby's short ministry.[1] Again under Lord Derby he was Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1866 to 1868, being in charge of the act which called the Dominion of Canada into being, and from 1874 to 1878 he was President of the Board of Trade.
[edit] Family
Norton was a strong churchman and especially interested in education and the colonies. In 1842 he married Julia Anne Eliza (1820-1887), oldest daughter of Chandos Leigh, 1st Baron Leigh, by whom he had several sons. His eldest son Charles Leigh (b. 1846) became 2nd Baron Norton. Another son, James Granville Adderley (b. 1861), vicar of Saltley, Birmingham, became well known as an advocate of Christian socialism.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Archival material relating to Charles Adderley, 1st Baron Norton listed at the UK National Register of Archives
[edit] References
- W.S. Childe-Pemberton, The Life of Lord Norton (1909)
- This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica, Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Edward Manningham-Buller William Bingham Baring |
Member of Parliament for Staffordshire North 1841 – 1878 With: Jesse David Watts Russell 1841–1847 Viscount Brackley 1847–1851 Smith Child 1851–1859 Viscount Ingestre 1859–1865 Sir Edward Manningham-Buller 1865–1874 Colin Minton Campbell 1874–1880 |
Succeeded by Robert William Hanbury Colin Minton Campbell |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by William Edward Forster |
Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies 1866 – 1868 |
Succeeded by William Monsell |
| Preceded by Chichester Parkinson-Fortescue |
President of the Board of Trade 1874 – 1878 |
Succeeded by The Viscount Sandon |
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
| New creation | Baron Norton 1878 – 1905 |
Succeeded by Charles Adderley |
