Baron Grantley

Portrait of Fletcher Norton, Speaker of the House of Commons and 1st Baron Grantley, by William Beechey

Baron Grantley, of Markenfield, in the County of York is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created on 9 April 1782 for Sir Fletcher Norton, Attorney General from 1763 to 1765 and Speaker of the House of Commons from 1770 to 1780. His son, the second Baron, was also a politician and represented Richmond, Wigtown Burghs, Guildford and Surrey in Parliament. He was succeeded by his nephew, Fletcher Norton, the third Baron. He was childless and on his death the title passed to his nephew, the fourth Baron. As of 2017 the title is held by the latter's great-great-grandson, the eighth Baron, who succeeded his father in 1995.

Barons Grantley (1782)

Brother of 3rd Baron - Charles Francis Norton, St. Paul's Church (Halifax), Nova Scotia

• Fletcher Norton, 1st Baron Grantley (1716–1789)
• William Norton, 2nd Baron Grantley (1742–1822)
• Fletcher Norton, 3rd Baron Grantley (1796–1875). His brothers were Charles Francis Norton and George Chapple Norton.
• Thomas Brinsley Norton, 4th Baron Grantley (1831–1877)
• John Richard Brinsley Norton, 5th Baron Grantley (1855–1943)
• Richard Henry Brinsley Norton, 6th Baron Grantley (1892–1954)
• John Richard Brinsley Norton, 7th Baron Grantley (1923–1995)

The heir presumptive is the present holder's brother son. Francis John Hilary Norton (b. 1960) The heir presumptive's heir apparent is his only son, John Ferenc Brinsley Norton (b. 2005)

Arms

Coat of arms of Baron Grantley

Crest A Moor's Head affrontée couped at the shoulders wreathed round the temples with Laurel proper and around the neck a Torse Argent and Azure Escutcheon Azure a Maunch Ermine surmounted by a Bend Gules Supporters Dexter: a Lion; Sinister: a Griffin, both Argent and ducally gorged Or and pendent from the coronets by a Ribbon Gules a Shield of the Arms of Norton Motto Avi Numerantur Avorum (I follow a long line of ancestry)

See also

• Grantley Hall

Bibliography

• Kidd, Charles; Williamson, David, eds. (1990). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. New York: St Martin's Press.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• Cokayne, G.E.; Vicary Gibbs, P.; Doubleday, H.; Howard de Walden, Lord Aubrey, eds. (1913–1958). "The Viscount Grantley". The Complete Peerage of Great Britain extant, dormant, abeyant and extinct. XIV. London: St Catherine's Press.
• Mosley, Charles, ed. (2002). "Viscount Grantley". Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. 1 of 2. London: Cassells.
• Kidd, Charles; Williamson, David, eds. (1999). "Burke's Peerage and Baronetage". 2 (106th ed.). {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

External links

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