Charles Adderley, 1st Baron Norton

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Prime MinisterBenjamin Disraeli
Preceded byChichester Parkinson-Fortescue
Succeeded byViscount Sandon
Personal details
Born2 August 1814 (1814-08-02)
Died28 March 1905 (1905-03-29) (aged 90)
NationalityBritish
Political partyConservative
Spouse(s)Hon. Julia Leigh
(1820–1887)
Alma materChrist Church, Oxford
Vanity Fair
in 1892.

Charles Bowyer Adderley, 1st Baron Norton

JP (2 August 1814 – 28 March 1905) was a British Conservative
politician.

Background and education

Charles Bowyer Adderley was the eldest son of Charles Clement Adderley (d. 1818), offspring of an old

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, Oxford, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1838.[1]

Political career

In 1841, Adderley entered the

House of Commons as Member of Parliament for North Staffordshire, retaining his seat until 1878, when he was created Baron Norton
.

Adderley's ministerial career began in 1858, when he was appointed

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 created the new Dominion of Canada, and from 1874 to 1878, he was President of the Board of Trade.[2]

He was sworn of the

Privy Council in 1858,[3] was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) in the 1869 Birthday Honours,[4] and, in 1878, he was elevated to the peerage as Baron Norton, of Norton-on-the-Moors in the County of Stafford.[5]

Norton was a strong churchman and especially interested in education and the colonies.[2] He joined the Canterbury Association on 27 March 1848 and was a member of the management committee from the beginning. In 1852/53, he paid £500 towards the costs of the closure of the association.[6]

Family

In 1842 he married Julia Anne Eliza (1820–1887), oldest daughter of

Vauncey Harpur Crewe
of Calke Abbey, later 10th Baronet.

Tributes

Hercules Jarvis
, named it to honour Adderley who had fought successfully against a proposal to make Cape Town into a penal colony.

In Birmingham, Adderley donated 8 acres (0.032 km2) of land to create

Shustoke Reservoir, the largest single source of water for Birmingham until the Elan/Claerwen scheme was completed.[7]

In Uppingham, Rutland, where he owned property, both Adderley Street and Norton Street are named after him.

Adderley Head, a

Canterbury, New Zealand, is named after him.[6]

Arms

Coat of arms of Charles Adderley, 1st 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[8] ("It is an honour to combine law and justice.")

References

  1. ^ a b c Dod, Robert P. (1860). The Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Whitaker and Co. pp. 83–84.
  2. ^ a b c  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Norton, Charles Bowyer Adderley, 1st Baron". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 19 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 797. This cites:
    • W.S. Childe-Pemberton, The Life of Lord Norton (1909).
  3. ^ The London Gazette, 26 February 1858
  4. ^ "No. 23512". The London Gazette. 1 July 1869. p. 3750.
  5. ^ The London Gazette, 16 April 1878
  6. ^ a b Blain, Rev. Michael (2007). The Canterbury Association (1848–1852): A Study of Its Members' Connections (PDF). Christchurch: Project Canterbury. pp. 9–10. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  7. ^ a b "Adderley Estate". Birmingham City Council. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011.
  8. ^ Burke's Peerage. 1949.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Edward Manningham-Buller
Hon. Bingham Baring
Edward Manningham-Buller 1865–1874
Colin Minton Campbell
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Political offices
Preceded by
President of the Board of Health

1858 		Office abolished
Preceded by Vice-President of the Committee on Education
1858 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies
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Preceded by President of the Board of Trade
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Peerage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baron Norton
1878–1905 		Succeeded by
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