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The village was the main home in the 17th century of the Speke family, [5] including George Speke, Mary Speke and their son Hugh Speke. Rev. F. C. Johnson was vicar from 1825 to 1874. [ 6 ] His wife was the elder sister of James Brooke , Rajah of Sarawak , and their second son, Charles , succeeded him after his elder brother, John Brooke ...
George Speke (c.1686–1753), of White Lackington and Dillington, Somerset, was a British landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1722 and 1747. Speke was the only son of John Speke of White Lackington and Dillington, MP, a wealthy and influential Somerset landowner and his second wife Elizabeth Pelham, daughter of ...
Speke arms: Argent, two bars azure over all an eagle with two heads displayed gules.The Speke canting crest is: A porcupine proper (French: porc-é(s)pic, ("spiky-pig")). Sir George Speke (c.1530-1584) of Whitelackington in Somerset was Sheriff of Somerset in 1562–63 and was Member of Parliament for Somerset 1572–83.
Norton is a surname with origin from the Old English norþ + tun, meaning North settlement (cf., Weston, Sutton, and Easton for other surnames derived from points of the compass). There are many English villages called Norton or including Norton as part of the name, e.g. Midsomer Norton, Chipping Norton, Brize Norton etc.
This is an incomplete index of the current and historical principal family seats of English royal, titled and landed gentry families. Some of these seats are no longer occupied by the families with which they are associated, and some are ruinous – e.g. Lowther Castle.
Norton Knatchbull, the close family friend of the royals, appears in the fifth season of The Crown. Here, what he's like in real life.