Baron Grantley

Baron Grantley, of Markenfield, in the County of York is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain.

[1] It was created on 9 April 1782 for Sir Fletcher Norton, Attorney General from 1763 to 1765 and Speaker of the House of Commons from 1770 to 1780.

His son, the second Baron, was also a politician and represented Richmond, Wigtown Burghs, Guildford and Surrey in Parliament.

[2] As of 2017[update] the title is held by the latter's great-great-grandson, the eighth Baron, who succeeded his father in 1995.

The heir presumptive is the present holder's brother, Francis John Hilary Norton (b.