Charles Bowyer Adderley, 1st Baron Norton (August 2, 1814 - March 28, 1905), English politician, was the eldest son of Charles Clement Adderley (d. 1818), one of an old Staffordshire family. August 2 is the 214th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (215th in leap years), with 151 days remaining. ... 1814 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... March 28 is the 87th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (88th in Leap years). ... 1905 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Ethnicity... A politician is an individual involved in politics. ...

He inherited Hams Hall, Warwickshire and the valuable estates of his great-uncle, Charles Bowyer Adderley, in 1826. He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford, and in 1841 he became one of the members of parliament for Staffordshire, retaining his seat until 1878, when he was created Baron Norton. Christ Church, called in Latin Ædes Christi (i. ... Staffordshire (abbreviated Staffs) is a landlocked county in the Midlands of England. ... Baron Norton is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. ...

Adderley's official career began in 1858, when he served as president of the board of health and vice-president of the committee of the council on education in Lord Derby's short ministry. Again under Lord Derby he was under-secretary for the colonies from 1866 to 1868, being in charge of the act which called the Dominion of Canada into being, and from 1874 to 1878 he was president of the board of trade. 1858 is a common year starting on Friday. ... The Rt Hon. ... Canada is the second largest and the northern-most country in the world, occupying most of the North American land mass. ...

Norton was a strong churchman and especially interested in education and the colonies. In 1842 he married Julia (1820-1887) daughter of Chandos, 1st Lord Leigh, by whom he had several sons. His eldest son Charles Leigh (b. 1846) became 2nd Baron Norton. Another son, James Granville Adderley (b. 1861), vicar of Saltley, Birmingham, became well known as an advocate of Christian socialism. Christian Socialism generally refers to those on the Christian left whose politics are both Christian and socialist and who see these two things as being interconnected, perhaps because one derives from the other. ...

See WS Childe-Pemberton, The Life of Lord Norton (1909).

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