Paternal Family Tree: Norton
On 1st October 1855 John Brinsley Norton 5th Baron Grantley was born to Thomas Brinsley Norton 4th Baron Grantley [aged 23].
On 22nd June 1870 Major Charles Norton [aged 35] and [his future wife] Katharine Buckner McVickar Baroness Grantley were married.
On 28th August 1875 Fletcher Norton 3rd Baron Grantley [aged 77] died without issue. His nephew [his father] Thomas [aged 43] succeeded 4th Baron Grantley of Markenfield in Yorkshire.
On 24th July 1877 [his father] Thomas Brinsley Norton 4th Baron Grantley [aged 45] died. His son John [aged 21] succeeded 5th Baron Grantley of Markenfield in Yorkshire.
On 20th August 1877 Clement Martin Le Breton and [his future wife] Alice Jones Baroness Grantley [aged 12] were married at St Peter's Church, Pimlico.
On 4th November 1879 Major Charles Norton [aged 44] and [his future wife] Katharine Buckner McVickar Baroness Grantley were divorced after she became pregnant by his cousin John Brinsley Norton 5th Baron Grantley [aged 24] who she married the following day. The child was born five days later.
On 5th November 1879 John Brinsley Norton 5th Baron Grantley [aged 24] and Katharine Buckner McVickar Baroness Grantley were married. She by marriage Baroness Grantley of Markenfield in Yorkshire.
In 1892 [his son] Richard Henry Brinsley Norton 6th Baron Grantley was born to John Brinsley Norton 5th Baron Grantley [aged 36] and [his wife] Katharine Buckner McVickar Baroness Grantley. He married 6th April 1919 Jean Mary Kinloch and had issue.
On 17th April 1897 [his wife] Katharine Buckner McVickar Baroness Grantley died.
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In 1898 Clement Martin Le Breton and [his future wife] Alice Jones Baroness Grantley [aged 32] were divorced after he discovered her affair with his friend John Brinsley Norton 5th Baron Grantley [aged 42] who she married the following year.
On 16th September 1899 John Brinsley Norton 5th Baron Grantley [aged 43] and Alice Jones Baroness Grantley [aged 34] were married. She by marriage Baroness Grantley of Markenfield in Yorkshire. Their first child Joan was born five days later.
On 26th June 1907 [his son-in-law] William Galbraith Tennant [aged 28] and [his daughter] Winifred Chapple Norton were married.
On 11th July 1914 [his daughter] Winifred Chapple Norton died.
On 6th April 1919 [his son] Richard Henry Brinsley Norton 6th Baron Grantley [aged 27] and [his daughter-in-law] Jean Mary Kinloch [aged 20] were married at St Margaret's Church, Westminster [Map].
On 11th May 1942 [his wife] Alice Jones Baroness Grantley [aged 76] died.
On 5th August 1943 John Brinsley Norton 5th Baron Grantley [aged 87] died. His son Richard [aged 51] succeeded 6th Baron Grantley of Markenfield in Yorkshire.
[his daughter] Winifred Chapple Norton was born to John Brinsley Norton 5th Baron Grantley and Katharine Buckner McVickar Baroness Grantley. She married 26th June 1907 William Galbraith Tennant.
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Kings Gwynedd: Great x 22 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 28 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 23 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 25 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 15 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 23 Grand Son of King Malcolm III of Scotland
Kings France: Great x 17 Grand Son of King Philip IV of France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 29 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Kings Spain: Great x 21 Grand Son of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Norton 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Norton of Grantley in Yorkshire 10 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Fletcher Norton 1st Baron Grantley 11 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Fletcher Norton 12 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Chapple of Waybay House in Upwey in Dorset
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Chapple
Great x 2 Grandmother: Grace Chapple Baroness Grantley
Grandfather: George Chapple Norton 13 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Caroline Elizabeth Balmain
father: Thomas Brinsley Norton 4th Baron Grantley 14 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Sheridan
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Linley
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Anne Linley
Grandmother: Caroline Elizabeth Sheridan 21 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Colonel James Campbell of Ardkinglass
Great x 1 Grandmother: Caroline Henrietta Callander 20 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Randal MacDonnell 4th Earl of Antrim
Great x 3 Grandfather: Alexander MacDonnell 5th Earl of Antrim 18 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Rachel Skeffington Countess Antrim
17 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Helena MacDonnell 19 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
John Brinsley Norton 5th Baron Grantley 15 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England