The Lord Norton | |
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| President of the Board of Health | |
| In office 8 March 1858 – 1 September 1858 | |
| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | The Earl of Derby |
| Preceded by | Hon. William Cowper |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies | |
| In office 6 July 1866 – 1 December 1868 | |
| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | The Earl of Derby Benjamin Disraeli |
| Preceded by | William Edward Forster |
| Succeeded by | William Monsell |
| President of the Board of Trade | |
| In office 21 February 1874 – 4 April 1878 | |
| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | Benjamin Disraeli |
| Preceded by | Chichester Parkinson-Fortescue |
| Succeeded by | Viscount Sandon |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 August 1814 (1814-08-02) |
| Died | 28 March 1905 (1905-03-29) (aged 90) |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Hon. Julia Leigh (1820–1887) |
| Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
Charles Bowyer Adderley, 1st Baron NortonKCMG PC DL JP (2 August 1814 – 28 March 1905) was a BritishConservative politician.
Charles Bowyer Adderley was the eldest son of Charles Clement Adderley (d. 1818), offspring of an oldStaffordshire family, and his wife, daughter ofSir Edmund Cradock-Hartopp, 1st Baronet.[1] Adderley inheritedHams Hall,Warwickshire, and the valuable estates of his great-uncle, Charles Bowyer Adderley, in 1826. He was educated atChrist Church, Oxford, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1838.[1]
In 1841, Adderley entered theHouse of Commons asMember of Parliament forNorth Staffordshire, retaining his seat until 1878, when he was createdBaron Norton.
Adderley's ministerial career began in 1858, when he was appointedPresident of the Board of Health andVice-president of the Committee of the Council on Education inLord Derby's short ministry.[1] Again under Lord Derby, he wasUnder-Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1866 to 1868, being in charge ofthe act which created the new Dominion ofCanada, and from 1874 to 1878, he wasPresident of the Board of Trade.[2]
He was sworn of thePrivy Council in 1858,[3] was appointed a Knight Commander of theOrder of St Michael and St George (KCMG) in the1869 Birthday Honours,[4] and, in 1878, he was elevated to the peerage asBaron Norton, ofNorton-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 theCanterbury 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]
Sir Charles Adderley andJohn Arthur Roebuck were ridiculed byMatthew Arnold for their English complacency.[7]
In 1842 he married Julia Anne Eliza (1820–1887), oldest daughter ofChandos Leigh, 1st Baron Leigh, by whom he had several sons. His eldest son Charles Leigh Adderley succeeded him in the barony. Another son, the Hon. James Granville Adderley,vicar ofSaltley, became well known as an advocate ofChristian socialism.[2] His daughter Isabel married in 1876Vauncey Harpur Crewe of Calke Abbey, later 10th Baronet.
Adderley Street is a famous street inCape Town, South Africa, considered the main street of the central business district. In 1850, theMayor of Cape Town,Hercules Jarvis, named it to honour Adderley who had fought successfullyagainst a proposal to make Cape Town into a penal colony.
In Birmingham, Adderley donated 8 acres (0.032 km2) of land to createAdderley Park,[8] which he managed privately from 1855 to 1864. He also donated land for the construction ofSt Saviour's Church, Saltley,St Peter's College, Saltley and thereformatory on the Fordrough, later called Norton Boys' Home. In 1879 Lord Norton sold Whitacre Lodge to the city for the construction of the 80 acres (0.32 km2)Shustoke Reservoir, the largest single source of water for Birmingham until the Elan/Claerwen scheme was completed.[8]
InUppingham, Rutland, where he owned property, both Adderley Street and Norton Street are named after him.
Adderley Head, aheadland betweenLyttelton Harbour andPort Levy, nearCanterbury, New Zealand, is named after him.[6]
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament forStaffordshire North 1841–1878 With:Jesse David Watts Russell 1841–1847 Viscount Brackley 1847–1851 Smith Child 1851–1859 Viscount Ingestre 1859–1865 Edward Manningham-Buller 1865–1874 Colin Minton Campbell 1874–1880 | Succeeded by |
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| 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 1866–1868 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | President of the Board of Trade 1874–1878 | Succeeded by |
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| New creation | Baron Norton 1878–1905 | Succeeded by Charles Leigh Adderley |
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