John Sutton (Royal Navy officer)
| John Sutton | |
|---|---|
| Born | c.1758 |
| Died | 8 August 1825 Ramsgate, Kent |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom |
| Service/branch |
 Royal Navy
|
| Years of service | 1775–1825 |
| Battles/wars |
American Revolutionary War French Revolutionary Wars • Battle of Genoa • Battle of Hyères Islands • Battle of Cape St. Vincent Napoleonic Wars |
| Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath |
Admiral Sir John Sutton, KCB (c.1758 – 8 August 1825) was a Royal Navy officer of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century who is best known for his service as captain of the ship of the line HMS Egmont during the French Revolutionary Wars, serving with the Mediterranean Fleet in several prominent engagements. He later served as a judge at the controversial Gambier court-martial in 1809.
Sutton was born in c. 1758, the son of Thomas Sutton of Moulsey and his wife Jane Hankey. He joined the Royal Navy during the American Revolutionary War as midshipman on board the ship of the line HMS Superb, flagship of Admiral Sir Edward Hughes in the Indian Ocean. He was wounded in an attack on the navy of Hyder Ali on 8 December 1780 at Mangalore, during the Second Anglo-Mysore War and rewarded with command of the sloop HMS Nymph.
At the start of the French Revolutionary Wars in 1793 Sutton was promoted to post captain and took command of first the frigate HMS Romulus and then the ship of the line HMS Egmont, which was attached to the Mediterranean Fleet. In 1795 Egmont fought at the battles of Genoa and the Hyères Islands, suffering casualties on the latter when a cannon burst. The following year he served on a operation to attack a French squadron in the harbour of Tunis and Sutton was then particularly tasked with the orderly evacuation of the British base on Corsica following the Spanish entry into the war on the French side.
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