Baron Grantley

Baron Grantley, of Markenfield, in the County of York is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain.[1] 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.

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

Barons Grantley (1782)
Brother of 3rd Baron - Charles Francis Norton, St. Paul's Church (Halifax), Nova Scotia

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) [3]

See also

References
  1. "No. 12282". The London Gazette. 30 March 1782. p. 1.
  2. John Richard Brinsley 7th Lord Grantley, Baron of Markenfield Norton
  3. http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/grantley1782.htm

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.). Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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