The Norman Baronetcy, of Honeyhanger in the Parish of Shottermill in the County of Surrey, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 22 June 1915 for the journalist and
Liberal
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* a supporter of liberalism
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Arts, entertainment and m ...
Nigel Norman
Air Commodore Sir Henry Nigel St Valery Norman, 2nd Baronet, (21 May 1897 – 19 May 1943) was a consulting civil engineer and Royal Air Force officer during the first half of the 20th century.Air Commodore in the
Auxiliary Air Force
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(Reserve) and was killed in action in 1943. The third Baronet was high sheriff of
Oxfordshire
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from 1983 to 1984 and a Deputy Lieutenant of the county in 1985.
Priscilla Norman
Florence Priscilla, Lady Norman, CBE, JP (née McLaren; 1883 – 1 March 1964, Antibes) was a British activist and suffragist.
Background
Lady Norman was an active supporter of women's suffrage but not a militant. She held the post of Ho ...
, second wife of the first Baronet, was a socialite and activist.
Norman baronets, of Honeyhanger (1915)
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Sir Henry Norman, 1st Baronet
Sir Henry Norman, 1st Baronet (19 September 18584 June 1939) was an English journalist and Liberal Member of Parliament and government minister. Norman was educated privately in France and at Harvard University, where he obtained his B.A. Fo ...
Sir Mark Annesley Norman, 3rd Baronet
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(1927–2013) He was brother to
Desmond Norman
Nigel Desmond Norman, (13 August 1929 – 13 November 2002) was an aircraft designer and aviation pioneer. Norman co-founded Britten-Norman in 1954, was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1970, and served as chairman a ...
and
Torquil Norman
Sir Torquil Patrick Alexander Norman, (born 11 April 1933) is a British businessman, aircraft enthusiast, and arts philanthropist.
Early life and education
Norman is the youngest of three sons born to Air Commodore Sir Nigel Norman, 2nd Baron ...
heir apparent
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is the present holder's son Antony Norman (born 1995).
References
*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
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Baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom