Hector John Graham-Toler, 2nd Earl of Norbury DL (27 June 1781 – 3 January 1839) was an Irish peer.
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Early life
Hector John Toler was born on 27 June 1781. He was the son of John Toler, 1st Earl of Norbury and Grace Graham, suo jure 1st Baroness Norwood of Knockalton. He had two sisters and one brother, including Lady Letitia Toler (wife of William Browne), and Daniel Toler, 2nd Baron Norwood, who "was of unsound mind" and never unmarried.
His father was the youngest son of Daniel Toler of Beechwood, and Letitia Otway (a daughter of Thomas Otway, of Castle Otway). His uncle, Daniel Toler, was High Sheriff of Tipperary and also MP for County Tipperary. The Toler family was originally from Norfolk, but settled in Ireland in the 17th century during the reign of Charles I, when an ancestor who was a successful soldier in Cronwell's army obtained a grant of lands in County Tipperary and settled at Beechwood. His maternal grandparents were Hector Graham, an official in the Court of Common Pleas, and Isabella (née Maxwell) Graham (a daughter of Robert Maxwell of Fellows Hall).
Career
On 26 November 1825 his name was legally changed to Hector John Graham-Toler by Royal Licence. Upon the death of his father on 27 July 1831, he succeeded, as the second son by special remainder, as the 2nd Earl of Norbury and 2nd Viscount Glandine, of Glandine, King's County, both in the Peerage of Ireland. Upon the death of his elder brother on 30 June 1832, he succeeded as the 3rd Baron Norwood of Knockalton, County Tipperary, and 3rd Baron Norbury of Ballycrenode, County Tipperary, both in the Peerage of Ireland.