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     Annie Maude Gardner was the daughter of W. W. Gardner.¹ She married Rt. Rev. William Boyd Carpenter, son of Reverend Henry Carpenter and Hester Boyd, in 1883.¹ She died in 1915.¹
     From 1883, her married name became Boyd Carpenter.¹

     Charles Bowyer Adderley, 1st Baron Norton was born on 2 August 1814.¹ He was the son of Charles Clement Adderley and Anna Maria Cradock-Hartopp.² He married Hon. Julia Anne Eliza Leigh, daughter of Chandos Leigh, 1st Baron Leigh of Stoneleigh and Margarette Willes, on 28 July 1842 at Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, England.^1,3 He died on 28 March 1905 at age 90.¹
     He graduated from Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England^G, with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)¹ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Conservative) for North Staffordshire between 1841 and 1878.¹ He was appointed Privy Counsellor (P.C.) in 1858.¹ He was Vice-President of the Committee Council of Education between 1858 and 1859.¹ He held the office of President of the Board of Health between March 1858 and September 1858.¹ He held the office of Parliamentary Under-Secretary of the Colonies between 1866 and 1868.¹ He was appointed Knight Commander, Order of St. Michael and St. George (K.C.M.G.) in 1869.¹ He held the office of President of the Board of Trade between 1874 and 1878.¹ He was created 1st Baron Norton, of Norton-on-the-Moors, co. Stafford [U.K.] on 16 April 1878.¹ He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) of Warwickshire.¹ He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Staffordshire.¹ He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) of Staffordshire.¹ He has an extensive biographical entry in the Dictionary of National Biography.⁴
     

     Hon. Julia Anne Eliza Leigh was born on 19 December 1820.² She was the daughter of Chandos Leigh, 1st Baron Leigh of Stoneleigh and Margarette Willes.^1,3 She married Charles Bowyer Adderley, 1st Baron Norton, son of Charles Clement Adderley and Anna Maria Cradock-Hartopp, on 28 July 1842 at Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, England.^1,4 She died on 8 May 1887 at age 66.¹
     From 28 July 1842, her married name became Adderley.¹ After her marriage, Hon. Julia Anne Eliza Leigh was styled as Baroness Norton on 16 April 1878.

     Caroline Ellen Dixie was born in 1848 at Pagham, Sussex, England.² She was the daughter of Sir Alexander Beaumont Churchill Dixie, 10th Bt. and Maria Catharine Walters.^1,2 She married Charles Leigh Adderley, 2nd Baron Norton, son of Charles Bowyer Adderley, 1st Baron Norton and Hon. Julia Anne Eliza Leigh, on 15 December 1870.¹ She died on 6 August 1922.¹
     From 15 December 1870, her married name became Adderley.¹ After her marriage, Caroline Ellen Dixie was styled as Baroness Norton on 28 March 1905.

     Sir Alexander Archibald Douglas Wolstan Dixie, 13th Bt. was born on 8 January 1910.¹ He was the son of Sir George Douglas Dixie, 12th Bt. and Margaret Lindsay Jardine.¹ He married, firstly, Phyllis Pinnell Colhoun Probyn, daughter of Lt.-Col. Percy John Probyn, on 8 February 1940.¹ He and Phyllis Pinnell Colhoun Probyn were divorced in 1950.¹ He married, secondly, Dorothy Penelope King-Kirkman on 7 December 1950.¹ He died on 8 January 1975 at age 65.³
     Sir Alexander Archibald Douglas Wolstan Dixie, 13th Bt. usually went by his middle name of Wolstan.¹ He was educated at St. Joseph's College, Dumfries, Dumfries-shire, Scotland.¹ He was educated at Prior Park College, Bath, Somerset, England.¹ He succeeded as the 13th Baronet Dixie, of Market Bosworth, co. Leicester [E., 1660] on 25 December 1948.¹ He held the office of Member of the Windsor Rural District Council between 1956 and 1958.¹ On his death, his baronetcy became extinct.⁴

     Ronald Woolstan Fleetwood Adderley, 4th Baron Norton was born on 15 October 1885.¹ He was the son of Charles Leigh Adderley, 2nd Baron Norton and Caroline Ellen Dixie.¹ He married Hylda Tovey, daughter of Robert William Tovey, on 20 August 1931.¹ He died on 4 January 1944 at age 58, without issue.¹
     He gained the rank of Lieutenant in the Worcestershire Regiment.¹ He succeeded as the 4th Baron Norton, of Norton-on-the-Moors, co. Stafford [U.K., 1878] on 17 October 1933.¹

     Hylda Tovey was the daughter of Robert William Tovey.¹ She married, firstly, Hilary George Dunbar before 1931.¹ She married, secondly, Ronald Woolstan Fleetwood Adderley, 4th Baron Norton, son of Charles Leigh Adderley, 2nd Baron Norton and Caroline Ellen Dixie, on 20 August 1931.¹ She died in February 1952.¹
     From before 1931, her married name became Dunbar.¹ From 20 August 1931, her married name became Adderley.¹ After her marriage, Hylda Tovey was styled as Baroness Norton on 17 October 1933.

     Robert William Tovey lived at Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England^G.¹

     Hilary George Dunbar married Hylda Tovey, daughter of Robert William Tovey, before 1931.¹ He died before 1931.¹
     He lived at Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland^G.¹