Matthew Hutton, Archbishop of Canterbury
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The Most Reverend and Right Honourable Matthew Hutton |
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| Archbishop of Canterbury | |
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| Installed | 1757 |
| Term ended | 1758 (death) |
| Predecessor | Thomas Herring |
| Successor | Thomas Secker |
| Other posts |
Archbishop of York (1747–1757) Bishop of Bangor (1743–1747) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
3 January 1693 Marske, Yorkshire |
| Died | 18 March 1758 (aged 65) Duke Street, Westminster |
| Buried | St Mary-at-Lambeth, London |
| Nationality | English |
| Denomination | Anglicanism |
| Spouse | Mary Lutman (m.1732) |
| Education | Ripon Grammar School |
| Alma mater | Jesus College, Cambridge |
Matthew Hutton (3 January 1693 – 18 March 1758) was a high churchman in the Church of England, serving as Archbishop of York (1747–1757) and Archbishop of Canterbury (1757–1758).
Hutton was born at Marske near Richmond in Yorkshire, the second son of John Hutton of Marske (great-great-grandson of Matthew Hutton, Archbishop of York 1595–1606) and his wife Dorothy, daughter of William Dyke. He was educated at Ripon Grammar School and Jesus College, Cambridge, graduating in 1713. He was a fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge, from 1717 to 1727, and became a Doctor of Divinity in 1728.
Hutton became a royal chaplain to George II in 1736. In 1737 he was appointed Canon of the second stall at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, a position he held until 1739. He became Rector of Trowbridge and of Spofforth, in Yorkshire, and held prebends at York and Westminster.
In 1743 he became Bishop of Bangor, and in 1747, Archbishop of York, before finally, in 1757, becoming Archbishop of Canterbury, but died the next year without having ever lived in Lambeth Palace.
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