Family
Sir Norman was married on 15 September 1921 to Gladys Olive Hall, she was the daughter of Major H. T. Hall, originally from Athenry, County Galway, and had four children,
- James Stronge (who was killed with him),
- Daphne Marian Stronge (d. 2002, married Thomas Kingan, of Bangor, County Down. Her son, James, now owns the Tynan Abbey estate; he has been an UUP candidate for North Down Council),
- Evelyn Elizabeth Stronge (married Brig.Charles Harold Arthur Olivier on 17 September 1960),
- Rosemary Diana Stronge (died aged one).
After his retirement from politics in 1969, he farmed the family's several thousand acre estate at Tynan Abbey.
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