He showed mechanical ability at an early age and made a model steam engine at the age of ten but began his working life as an apprentice toolmaker in the jewellery trade .
James Lansdowne Norton was born in Birmingham in 1869 .
James Lansdowne Norton showed mechanical ability at an early age and made a model steam engine at the age of ten but began James Lansdowne Norton 's working life as an apprentice toolmaker in the jewellery trade .
James Lansdowne Norton was born in Birmingham in 1869 .