# 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 Adderley 1st Baron Norton 1814–1905 :
| Charles Adderley 2nd Baron Norton 1846–1926 | Charles Adderley 2nd Baron Norton 1846–1926 | Charles Adderley 2nd Baron Norton 1846–1926 | Charles Adderley 2nd Baron Norton 1846–1926 | Charles Adderley 2nd Baron Norton 1846–1926 | Charles Adderley 2nd Baron Norton 1846–1926 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Henry Adderley 5th Baron Norton 1854–1945 | Henry Adderley 5th Baron Norton 1854–1945 | Henry Adderley 5th Baron Norton 1854–1945 | Henry Adderley 5th Baron Norton 1854–1945 | Henry Adderley 5th Baron Norton 1854–1945 | Henry Adderley 5th Baron Norton 1854–1945 | |
| Ralph Adderley 3rd Baron Norton 1872–1933 | Ralph Adderley 3rd Baron Norton 1872–1933 | Ralph Adderley 3rd Baron Norton 1872–1933 | Ralph Adderley 3rd Baron Norton 1872–1933 | Ralph Adderley 3rd Baron Norton 1872–1933 | Ralph Adderley 3rd Baron Norton 1872–1933 | Hon. Charles Adderley 1881–1905 | Hon. Charles Adderley 1881–1905 | Hon. Charles Adderley 1881–1905 | Hon. Charles Adderley 1881–1905 | Hon. Charles Adderley 1881–1905 | Hon. Charles Adderley 1881–1905 | Hon. Humphry Adderley 1882–1917 | Hon. Humphry Adderley 1882–1917 | Hon. Humphry Adderley 1882–1917 | Hon. Humphry Adderley 1882–1917 | Hon. Humphry Adderley 1882–1917 | Hon. Humphry Adderley 1882–1917 | Hon. Randolph Adderley 1884–1928 | Hon. Randolph Adderley 1884–1928 | Hon. Randolph Adderley 1884–1928 | Hon. Randolph Adderley 1884–1928 | Hon. Randolph Adderley 1884–1928 | Hon. Randolph Adderley 1884–1928 | Ronald Adderley 4th Baron Norton 1885–1944 | Ronald Adderley 4th Baron Norton 1885–1944 | Ronald Adderley 4th Baron Norton 1885–1944 | Ronald Adderley 4th Baron Norton 1885–1944 | Ronald Adderley 4th Baron Norton 1885–1944 | Ronald Adderley 4th Baron Norton 1885–1944 | Hubert Adderley 6th Baron Norton 1886–1961 | Hubert Adderley 6th Baron Norton 1886–1961 | Hubert Adderley 6th Baron Norton 1886–1961 | Hubert Adderley 6th Baron Norton 1886–1961 | Hubert Adderley 6th Baron Norton 1886–1961 | Hubert Adderley 6th Baron Norton 1886–1961 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | John Adderley 7th Baron Norton 1915–1993 | John Adderley 7th Baron Norton 1915–1993 | John Adderley 7th Baron Norton 1915–1993 | John Adderley 7th Baron Norton 1915–1993 | John Adderley 7th Baron Norton 1915–1993 | John Adderley 7th Baron Norton 1915–1993 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | James Adderley 8th Baron Norton born 1947 | James Adderley 8th Baron Norton born 1947 | James Adderley 8th Baron Norton born 1947 | James Adderley 8th Baron Norton born 1947 | James Adderley 8th Baron Norton born 1947 | James Adderley 8th Baron Norton born 1947 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Hon. Edward Adderley born 1982 | Hon. Edward Adderley born 1982 | Hon. Edward Adderley born 1982 | Hon. Edward Adderley born 1982 | Hon. Edward Adderley born 1982 | Hon. Edward Adderley born 1982 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Frederick Adderley born 2015 | Frederick Adderley born 2015 | Frederick Adderley born 2015 | Frederick Adderley born 2015 | Frederick Adderley born 2015 | Frederick Adderley born 2015 |

### Line of succession
## Coat of arms

Coat of arms of Baron Norton :
* CrestOn a chapeau Azure turned up Ermine a stork Argent.
* EscutcheonArgent on a bend Azure three mascles of the field.
* SupportersOn either side a stork Argent gorged with a chain Or suspended therefrom an escutcheon Azure charged with a mascle also Argent.
* MottoAddere Legi Justitiam Decus