Baron Rathcreedan

Baron Rathcreedan , of Bellehatch Park in the County of Oxford , is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom .

The family seat of the barons is Stoke Common House in Purton Stoke near Swindon in Wiltshire .

Award

The title was created on January 27, 1916 for the Liberal MP Cecil Norton .

Today's title holder has been his grandson Christopher Norton as 3rd Baron since 1990 .

List of Barons Rathcreedan (1916)

• Cecil Norton, 1st Baron Rathcreedan (1850-1930)
• Charles Norton, 2nd Baron Rathcreedan (1905–1990)
• Christopher Norton, 3rd Baron Rathcreedan (* 1949)

Probable title heir ( Heir Presumptive ) is the younger brother of the current title holder, Hon. Adam Norton (* 1952).

Web links

• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
• Rathcreedan, Baron (UK, 1916) at Cracroft's Peerage

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} The London Gazette : No. 29454, p. 1126 , January 28, 1916.