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THE
3RD BARON RATHCREEDAN , of Bellehatch Park, Co Oxford
(Christopher John Norton) [The Rt Hon The Lord Rathcreedan, Stoke Common House,
Purton Stoke, Swindon SN5 4LL]; born 3 June 1949; succeeded f
1990; educated Wellington and RAC; married 27 May 1978 •Lavinia
Anne Ross, daughter of Alan George Ross Ormiston (see HAREWOOD, E), and
has: 1a •Jessica Charlotte; born 13 Nov 1983 2a •Serena Clare; born 12 Aug 1987 Lineage:
JOHN
NORTON; accompanied OLIVER CROMWELL to EPHRAIM
NORTON, of Carletown; married –, daughter of Thomas Tayler, and died between
3 Dec 1698 and 16 May 1700, having had, with five other children, an eldest
son: JOHN
NORTON, of Carletown; had: WILLIAM
NORTON; married –, daughter of James Butler, of Castlecomer, Co
Kilkenny, and had an only surviving son: WILLIAM
NORTON, JP (Dublin and Meath), of Rathcreedan, Wainsford Ho, Lower Baggot St,
Dublin, and Bettystown, Co Meath; born 1758; married Margaret,
daughter of J Ryan, LLD, of Dublin and Owney, Co Tipperary, and died 12
Feb 1830, leaving an only surviving son: THEOPHILUS
NORTON, of Rathcreedan, Wainsford Ho and Lower Baggot St; born 1790;
Capt Battle Axe Gds and ADC to Lord Lt Ireland; married Eliza (died 1
Oct 1841), daughter of Edward Kent, of St Stephen's Green, Dublin, and had,
with other issue, including a younger son (Rev Reuben, BA Dublin 1836, Rector
Ballynure in Leighlin, married Elizabeth, daughter of John Wolffe, LLB,
of Lower Fitzwilliam St, Dublin, and died without issue ): Rev
WILLIAM NORTON, of Rathcreedan, Wainsford Ho and Lower Baggot St; born 2
Sept 1815; educated Dublin (MA 1842); Rector Baltinglass, Co Wicklow; married
2 March 1842 Caroline Theresa (died 22 June 1893), daughter of
George Riddock, of Triton Lodge, Co Louth, and died 4 July 1881, having
had: 1a CECIL WILLIAM, 1st Baron 2a Reuben, JP Montgomeryshire; born 19
April 1853; Capt Durham LI, Col 3rd Bn Suffolk Regt, High Sheriff
Montgomeryshire 1915; married 1 Sept 1881 Evelyn (died 18 Jan
1927), daughter of Sir Thomas Gibbons Frost, of Redcliffe, Cheshire, and died
30 Aug 1931, leaving: 1b William Reuben; born 20 June 1884; Maj
RE WW I 2b Leopold Grantley; born 23 July 1890; Lt
2nd Bn Durham LI; reported wounded and missing 20 Oct 1914 1b Evelyn Mary; died unmarried 1949 1a Alice Georgina; married 1st Thomas
Shirley Ball, of Abbeylara, Co Leitrim, Lt 10th Hus; married 2nd 11 Sept
1869 Arthur Basil Brooke, RN, and died 1 Feb 1915, leaving issue (see
BROOKEBOROUGH, V) 2a Caroline; married 2 June 1870 James
Blackwell, of Kinderton, Cheshire, and had issue 3a Roselie Helen; married 27 April 1872 Col
Hugh Powell Williams, JP, of Dolgerddon, Rhayader, Radnorshire The
Rev WILLIAM NORTON's elder son, CECIL
WILLIAM NORTON, 1st Baron Rathcreedan, of Bellehatch Park, Co Oxford (UK),
so created 27 Jan 1916; born 23 June 1850; educated Trin
College Dublin, RMC Sandhurst and Staff College Camberley; Capt 5th Lancers and
Bde-Maj Cavalry Aldershot 1881–82, MP W Newington 1892–1916, Jr Lord Treasury
1905–10, Assist PMG 1910–16, Parly Sec Min Munitions 1919–22; married 1st
18 Aug 1880 Cecilia Layfayette (died 11 Jan 1898), daughter of James
Kennedy, of The Limes, Co Down, and widow of William Thomas Cavendish (see WATERPARK,
B), and had: 1a Felicie; died unmarried 31 Oct 1951 The
1st Baron married 2nd 21 July 1903 Marguerite Cecil (died 26
May 1955), youngest daughter of Sir Charles Philip Huntington, 1st Bt (see 1928
edn), and died 7 Dec 1930, leaving by her: 1a CHARLES PATRICK, 2nd Baron 2a Michael Adrian; born 6 Aug 1907; educated
Wellington and Trin College Cambridge (BA 1929); died 21 March 1991 2a Sylvia Beatrice; educated Somerville
College Oxford (BA 1929); married 22 April 1933 W/Cdr Rowland David
George, DSO, OBE, RAuxAF (died 9 Sept 1997), youngest son of John Ellis
George, of Combe Pk, Bath, and had issue The
1st BARON's elder son, CHARLES
PATRICK NORTON, 2nd Baron Rathcreedan, TD; born 26 Nov 1905; educated
Wellington and Lincoln College Oxford (BA 1928, MA 1935); barrister Inner
Temple 1931, slr 1936, Maj Oxon and Bucks LI (TA) WW II (POW), Master Founders'
Co 1970; married 7 Aug 1946 •Ann Pauline [The Rt Hon The Dowager Lady
Rathcreedan, 8 Pearces Orchard, Henley-on-Thames, Oxon RG9 2LF], elder daughter
of Surgn-Capt William Bastian, RN, and died 1990, leaving: 1a CHRISTOPHER JOHN NORTON, 3rd and present Baron
Rathcreedan 2a +ADAM GREGORY [The Hon Adam Norton, 60 Marmora
Rd, London SE22]; born 2 April 1952; heir presumptive; educated Wellington;
actor; married 19 April 1980 •Hilary, only daughter of Edmon Ryan, of
Anchorage, Ky., and Mrs Paul McGrath, of New York, and has: 1b •Emily Beatrice; born 1984 2b •Georgina Christine Ryan; born 1988 1a •Elizabeth Ann [The Hon Mrs Scott, 35 Lancaster
Rd, London W14]; born 17 July 1954; married Sept 1988 •Alistair
Scott, elder son of Prof James S Scott Ireland Peerage
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