Norman Baronets
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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 Party (UK)
The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...

 politician Henry Norman
Henry Norman
Sir Henry Norman, 1st Baronet PC was an English journalist and Liberal politician. Norman was educated privately in France and at Harvard University, where he obtained his B.A...

. The second Baronet, Sir Nigel Norman
Nigel Norman
Air Commodore Sir Henry Nigel St Valery Norman Bt, CBE, RAF was a consulting civil engineer and Royal Air Force officer during the first half of the 20th century.-Early years:...

 was an Air Commodore
Air Commodore
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 in the Auxiliary Air Force (Reserve) and was killed in action in 1943. The third Baronet was High Sheriff
High Sheriff
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 of Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire
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 from 1983 to 1984 and a Deputy Lieutenant of the county in 1985.

Florence, Lady Norman
Florence Norman
Florence Priscilla, Lady Norman, CBE was an English socialite and activist.She was the daughter of Charles McLaren, 1st Baron Aberconway and Laura Elizabeth Pochin....

, second wife of the first Baronet, was a socialite and activist.

Norman Baronets, of Honeyhanger (1915)

  • Sir Henry Norman, 1st Baronet (1858-1939)
  • Sir (Henry) Nigel St. Valery Norman, 2nd Baronet
    Nigel Norman
    Air Commodore Sir Henry Nigel St Valery Norman Bt, CBE, RAF was a consulting civil engineer and Royal Air Force officer during the first half of the 20th century.-Early years:...

     (1897-1943)
  • Sir Mark Annesley Norman, 3rd Baronet (b. 1927) (brother to Desmond Norman
    Desmond Norman
    Nigel Desmond Norman aircraft designer: born London 13 August 1929; co-founded Britten-Norman 1954; CBE 1970; chairman and managing director, AeroNorTec 1988-2002; married 1956 Anne Fogg Elliot , 1965 Boel Holmsen ; died of a heart attack on Basingstoke railway station, Hampshire 13 November 2002...

     and Torquil Norman
    Torquil Norman
    Sir Torquil Patrick Alexander Norman CBE is a British businessman, aircraft enthusiast, and arts philanthropist.-Life:An Old Etonian, graduate of Harvard and Trinity College, Cambridge, he stands 6' 7". Torquil gained his pilot’s licence at eighteen, did National Service in the Fleet Air Arm and...

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