Norton was born in Florence, Italy, the son of Thomas Norton, 4th Baron Grantley and his wife, Maria, née Federigo, and a grandson of Caroline Norton, the writer, and was educated at Harrow School and the University of Dresden.
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The restoration and re-modelling on the church, including the attractive raised tiled floor, in 1875, was by John Norton who later also participated in the building of the exquisite chapel at Tyntesfield in Somerset.
The church was designed by eminent Victorian architect John Norton, completed in 1896 and consecrated on 17 June 1897 by Edward Bickersteth, the Bishop of Exeter.
He received a law degree cum laude from New York University School of Law, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif, and was Topics Editor of the Law Review, a junior fellow at the Center for International Studies, was co-author of two published articles on aspects of international law, recipient of the John Norton Pomeroy Prize for academic excellence two times and also of the Benjamin Butler Prize.