UK Elections Info

Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Born: 2 August 1814

Died: 28 March 1905

1st Baron Norton - 16 April 1878

Knighted - 1869

Member of Privy Council - 1858

son of Charles Clement Adderley

husband of Julie Anne Eliza Leigh

son-in-law of Chandos Leigh

Christ Church, Oxford (- 1838)

President of the Board of Health	8 March 1858	1 September 1858
Vice President of the Board of Education	12 March 1858	11 June 1859
Under Secretary of State for the Colonies	6 July 1866	1 December 1868
President of the Board of Trade	21 February 1874	4 April 1878

5 July 1841	Northern Staffordshire	Conservative Party	Unopposed
12 August 1847	Northern Staffordshire	Conservative Party	4,092	55.02
12 July 1852	Northern Staffordshire	Conservative Party	Unopposed
4 April 1857	Northern Staffordshire	Conservative Party	4,112	58.67
March 1858 Resignation of Charles Adderley on appointment as Vice-President of the Committee of the Privy Council for Education.
8 March 1858	Northern Staffordshire	Conservative Party	Unopposed
2 May 1859	Northern Staffordshire	Conservative Party	Unopposed
19 July 1865	Northern Staffordshire	Conservative Party	4,416	49.83
16 November 1868	Northern Staffordshire	Conservative Party	Unopposed
10 February 1874	Northern Staffordshire	Conservative Party	Unopposed
21 February 1874 Resignation of Rt Hon Sir Charles Adderley on appointment as President of the Board of Trade.
23 March 1874	Northern Staffordshire	Conservative Party	Unopposed
16 April 1878 Elevation of Sir Charles Adderley to the Peerage - Baron Norton.