Baron Rathcreedan, of Bellehatch Park in the County of Oxford, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

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. It was created in 1916 for the Liberal

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 politician Cecil Norton

Cecil Norton, 1st Baron Rathcreedan

Cecil William Norton, 1st Baron Rathcreedan , was a British Liberal Party politician.Norton was the son of William Norton, Rector of Baltinglass, Ireland. He was elected to the House of Commons for Newington West in 1892, a seat he held until 1916, and served under Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman and...

. He had previously represented Newington West

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 in the House of Commons

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 and served as a Junior Lord of the Treasury

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 from 1905 to 1910 and as Assistant Postmaster General

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 between 1910 and 1916. the title is held by his grandson, the third Baron, who succeeded his father in 1990.

Barons Rathcreedan (1916)

• Cecil William Norton, 1st Baron Rathcreedan
  Cecil Norton, 1st Baron Rathcreedan
  Cecil William Norton, 1st Baron Rathcreedan , was a British Liberal Party politician.Norton was the son of William Norton, Rector of Baltinglass, Ireland. He was elected to the House of Commons for Newington West in 1892, a seat he held until 1916, and served under Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman and...
  
  (1850–1930)
• Charles Patrick Norton, 2nd Baron Rathcreedan (1905–1990)
• Christopher John Norton, 3rd Baron Rathcreedan (b. 1949)