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Norton was born in Lambeth, London, [1] the son of Hugh Biddulph Norton and Lavinia Jane Norman. [3] His parents were both teachers; his father, who was born in Tanzania, was a lecturer at Hull School of Art and Design. [4] [5] Though originally from London, Norton's family lived in the town of Malton in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire.
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.
James Joseph Norton was born in Bayonne, New Jersey. [10] [11] He is of Irish descent. [12]His mother was a librarian and his father was a former US Marine and army reservist who later worked as a driver for the US postal service.
James Norton (solicitor) (1795–1862), solicitor, company director, farmer, pamphleteer and protectionist politician in colonial New South Wales; James Lansdowne Norton (1869–1925), motorcycle designer, inventor and manufacturer of the Norton motorcycles; James J. Norton (1930–2007), American labor union leader
Her works are sometimes confused with those of the more famous author Caroline Norton; the latter quipped that "Mrs. Erskine Norton has ingeniously taken to playing at being me to all the publishers." [7] The two women engaged in a debate about this confusion and the appropriate use of British naming conventions in letters to The Times. [8]
James J. Norton (June 9, 1930 – November 11, 2007) was an American labor union leader. Born in Boston , [ 1 ] Norton became a newspaper photoengraver, and joined the International Photo-Engravers Union of North America , soon serving four terms as president of his local union.
James Albert Norton (November 11, 1843 – July 24, 1912) was an American educator and Civil War veteran who served three terms a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1897 to 1903. Biography [ edit ]
James Norton (October 8, 1843 – October 14, 1920) was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina. Born near Mullins, South Carolina, Norton pursued an academic course, then he left school in 1861 to enter the Confederate States Army. He served throughout the Civil War in the Army of Northern Virginia. After the war, Norton reentered school but ...