Hugh Sutton

Maj. Gen. Hugh Clement Sutton CB CMG (20 January 1867 – 15 April 1928) was a General in the British Army, Deputy Assistant Director of Railways in South Africa between 1900 and 1902 and Lieutenant-Governor and Secretary of Royal Chelsea Hospital between 1923 and 1928.[1]

"Hugh Clement Sutton" redirects here. For related articles, see Sutton baronets.

See also: List of alumni of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
Arms of Hugh Clement Sutton, C.B., C.M.G., his family and his descendants.

Early life

Sutton was the son of Henry George Sutton, sixth son of Sir Richard Sutton, 2nd Baronet, by his marriage to Matilda Harriet Heneage, a daughter of George Heneage Walker-Heneage MP[2] and Henrietta Vivian. He was educated at Eton and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.[3]

Career

He was Adjutant Coldstream Guards in the Second Boer War between 1899 and 1902 (despatches, brevet, two medals, seven clasps). Hugh was appointed as Deputy Assistant Director of Railways in South Africa between 1900 and 1902[4] As a Deputy Assistant Adjutant General in Cape Colony between 1903 and 1906 and Cmdg 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards between 1910 and 1913. During the First World War: Hugh was serving as Assistant Adjutant-General in War Office[5][6] between 1913 and 1916 and as a Deputy Adjutant & Quartermaster-General (DA and QMG) in British Expeditionary Force (BEF) between 1916 and 1917.[7][8]

Awards and recognitions

He was invested as a Companion, Order of the Bath (C.B.) in 1916 and as a Companion, Order of St Michael and St George (C.M.G.) in 1919.[5][9][10]

Family

He married Mabel Ida Munro, daughter of Sir Campbell Munro of Lindertis, 3rd Baronet, and Lady Henrietta Maria Munro (née Drummond), on 25 July 1891.[11][12] Hugh and Mabel had one son:

  • Nigel Eustace Philip Sutton (29 March 1896 – 18 March 1956)

He married Alexandra Mary Elizabeth Wood,[13] daughter of Charles Wood, 2nd Viscount Halifax of Monk Bretton, on 15 September 1898, they had three daughters:[14]

  • Margaret Agnes Sutton (born 26 September 1899, d. 1993), m. 1937, John Julian Chetwynd (1906-1966), son of Godfrey Chetwynd, 8th Viscount Chetwynd.
  • Mary Frances Sutton (12 June 1904 – 2 April 1975).[15]
  • Elizabeth Mary Sutton (born 17 April 1910), m. (1) 1931 (div. 1936), Sir (Ronald) Mark Cunliffe-Turner; m. (2) 1936 (div. 1976), John Tindall-Lister (1907-1994), son of Sir William Tindall Lister.

References
  1. "The Royal Hospital: Paymasters General and Officials | British History Online". British-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  2. "The Gentleman's Magazine". 1839. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  3. "Bamfords Auctioneers & Valuers – Auctions – Specialist Militaria Sale August 2014 – Lot 301 – Medals". Bamfords-auctions.co.uk. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  4. The London Gazette (PDF). Thegazette.co.uk. 11 September 1900 https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/27228/page/5620/data.pdf. Retrieved 25 July 2015. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. "Supplement to the London Gazette" (PDF). Thegazette.co.uk. 14 January 1916. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  6. "The Royal Hospital: Paymasters General and Officials". british-history.ac.uk.
  7. "List of Generals" (DOC). University of Birmingham. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  8. Martin Hornby. "Generals Nicknames (o to s)". Westernfrontassociation.com. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  9. "Supplement to the London Gazette" (PDF). Thegazette.co.uk. 30 May 1919. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  10. The Edinburgh Gazette (PDF). Thegazette.co.uk. 6 June 1919 https://www.thegazette.co.uk/Edinburgh/issue/13460/page/2077/data.pdf. Retrieved 25 July 2015. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. Denis Larionov & Alexander Zhulin. "Read the eBook Armorial families : a directory of gentlemen of coat-armour by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies online for free (page 232 of 354)". Ebooksread.com. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  12. "p.376-7. History of the Munros of Fowlis: With Genealogies of the Principal Families of the Name: To Which Are Added Those of Lexington and New England". scribd.com. www.scribd.com. images 398 & 399 of 668
  13. "National Portrait Gallery – Person – Hon. Alexandra Mary Elizabeth Sutton (née Wood)". Npg.org.uk. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  14. "Halifax, Viscount (UK, 1866)". cracroftspeerage.co.uk.
  15. http://galesupport.com/bc/magic.php?database=DVNW&loc=bcptstothepast%7C The Times Digital Archive|Death Notice. The Times. 4 April 1975
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