Sir Richard Sutton, 1st Baronet
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Sir Richard Sutton Bt., MP |
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| Under Secretary of State for the Southern Department | |
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In office July 1766 – October 1768 December 1770 – October 1772 |
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| Under Secretary of State for the Northern Department | |
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In office October 1768 – December 1770 |
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| Lord of the Treasury | |
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In office September 1780 – March 1782 |
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| Member of Parliament for St Albans |
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In office 1768–1780 |
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| Member of Parliament for Sandwich |
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In office 1780–1784 |
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| Member of Parliament for Boroughbridge |
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In office 1784–1796 |
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| Born | 31 July 1733 |
| Died | 10 January 1802 (aged 68) Bath, Somerset |
| Nationality | British |
| Spouse(s) |
Susanna de Crespigny (m. 1765–66) Anne Williams (m. 1770–87) Anne Porter (m. 1793) |
| Education | Westminster School |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
| Profession | Lawyer and politician |
Sir Richard Sutton, 1st Baronet (31 July 1733 – 10 January 1802), of Norwood Park in Nottinghamshire, was an English Member of Parliament.
Sutton was the younger son of the Right Honourable Sir Robert Sutton, KB, MP, politician and diplomat, and Judith Tichborne, previously the third wife and widow of Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland. He was a great-grandson of Henry Sutton, younger brother of Robert Sutton, 1st Baron Lexinton (which peerage became extinct in 1723). The Sutton baronets were thus distantly related to the dukes of Rutland, who were descended from the marriage of the 3rd Duke to the Honourable Bridget Sutton, heiress of Robert Sutton, 2nd Baron Lexinton.
Sutton was educated at Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge, and trained as a lawyer, being admitted to the Middle Temple in 1754, then admitted to the Inner Temple and called to the bar in 1759. He was appointed Recorder of St. Albans on 24 November 1763 by John Spencer, 1st Earl Spencer.
In July 1766 Sutton was selected by William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, the Southern Secretary, to serve as an Under-Secretary of State in his department. He then served under William Nassau de Zuylestein, 4th Earl of Rochford, the Northern Secretary, from October 1768 to December 1770, before following him back to the Southern department.
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