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 Liberal or liberalism may refer to: Politics * a supporter of liberalism ** Liberalism by country * an adherent of a Liberal Party * Liberalism (international relations) * Sexually liberal feminism * Social liberalism Arts, entertainment and m ...

politician Henry Norman. The second Baronet, Sir

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 The Royal Auxiliary Air Force (RAuxAF), formerly the Auxiliary Air Force (AAF), together with the Air Force Reserve, is a component of His Majesty's Reserve Air Forces (Reserve Forces Act 1996, Part 1, Para 1,(2),(c)). It provides a primary rein ...

(Reserve) and was killed in action in 1943. The third Baronet was high sheriff of

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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)

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 ...

(1858–1939) * Sir (Henry) Nigel St. Valery Norman, 2nd Baronet (1897–1943) *

Sir Mark Annesley Norman, 3rd Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as ...

(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 ...

. * Sir Nigel James Norman, 4th Baronet (born 1956) The

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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. *{{Rayment-bt, date=March 2012, N Baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom