Adderley/Wilkinson marriage
Michael Rhodes
Sonning-on-Thames, Berks, between the Hon Edward James Arden Adderley
(b 19 Oct 1982), only son of the 8th Baron Norton (b 2 Jun 1947), of
Verbier, Switzerland, by his 1st wife, now Mrs Peter Edwards, of
Monaco, and Sarah Jane Wilkinson, only daughter of
Mrs Jane Wilkinson, of Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire..—
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marquess
surprised that the current lord is designated as being of Switzerland,
I thought that the Nortons owned Fother something hall (don't have my
Debretts to hand) there must be land around that.
On 20 Aug, 14:29, Michael Rhodes <mig73allenford2...@yahoo.co.uk>
wrote:
Nick Kingsley
The family trace their origins to Thomas Adderley (d. 1538) of Blake Hall
(Staffs). From his sons descended the Adderley of Blake Hall and Adderley
of Weddington lines, and his third son, Ralph Adderley (d. 1598), a lawyer,
bought Coton Hall (Staffs) from Lord Mountjoy in 1558 and was High Sheriff
of Staffordshire in 1575. Ralph's eldest son inherited the Coton estate,
while the younger sons became merchants in London. The fourth son, Ralph
Adderley of Alrewas (d. 1613) left an only son, Sir Charles Adderley
(1610-82), who bought Hams Hall (Warwickshire) from Sir John Ferrers,
equerry and Master of Horse to King Charles I, establishing his descendants
on an estate they owned until the early 20th century. Charles Bowyer
Adderley (1743-1826) inherited the estate at the age of four and rebuilt the
house to the designs of Joseph Pickford of Derby when he came of age in
1764. At his death without issue in 1826 the estate passed to his
great-nephew and namesake (1814-1905), who was Conservative MP for North
Staffordshire from 1841-78 and President of the Board of Trade, 1874-78.
Among other claims to fame, he was responsible for the founding of
Christchurch, New Zealand, and laid out his estate at Saltley on the edge of
Birmingham with workers' housing and one of the city's first parks. On his
retirement in 1878 he was created 1st Baron Norton of Norton-on-the-Moors
(Staffs). He was succeeded in his title and estates by his son, Charles
Leigh Adderley, 2nd Baron Norton (1846-1926), who sold the Hams Hall estate
in 1911 apart from the house. The house was, however, demolished in 1920,
when some of the stonework was used in the rebuilding of Coates Manor
(Gloucestershire) by the father-in-law of the 5th Baron's youngest daughter,
Bernard Firth. Hams Hall Power Station was subsequently built on the site.
All of the 2nd Baron's five sons having died without issue, the title passed
in 1944 to his younger brother, Henry Arden Adderley, 5th Baron Norton
(1854-1945), a barrister, who in 1872 had inherited Fillongley Hall (Warks),
an estate bought by his great-uncle, George William Bowyer Adderley
(1787-1872) shortly before his marriage to a daughter of John Taylor of
Moseley Hall in 1823. The house at Fillongley was rebuilt to the designs of
George Woolcot c.1825-30 and enlarged in c.1842 by James Akroyd of Coventry
in a handsome Greek Revival style, and remains largely unchanged. The
current owner, James Nigel Arden Adderley, 8th Baron Norton, put the house
on the market in 2005 but it was unsold. It was advertised for sale again
in 2010:
http://countryhouses.wordpress.com/2010/03/17/if-i-won-the-lottery-fillongle
y-hall/
I hope this is of interest.
Nick Kingsley
> Mrs Jane Wilkinson, of Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire..-
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On 20 Aug, 00:12, "Nick Kingsley" <nick.kings...@blueyonder.co.uk>
wrote: