Baron Grantley

Baron Grantley is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 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)

(Fletcher Norton, 3rd Baron Grantley), of Markenfield in the County of York,[1] He was present at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. His brothers were Charles Francis Norton and George Chapple Norton.

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

See also

References

  1. ↑ London Gazette no. 12282. p. 1

Bibliography

  • Kidd, Charles; Williamson, David, eds. (1990). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. New York: St Martin's Press.
  • 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. London: St Catherine's Press. XIV.
  • Mosley, Charles, ed. (2002). "Viscount Grantley". Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. London: Cassells. 1 of 2.
  • Kidd, Charles; Williamson, David, eds. (1999). "Burke's Peerage and Baronetage". 2 (106th ed.).


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