Sir Richard Sutton, 4th Baronet
Personal information
Full name
Richard Sutton
Born21 October 1821
Sudbrooke, Lincolnshire, England
Died3 October 1878(1878-10-03) (aged 56)
Ryde, Isle of Wight, England
BattingUnknown
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1850–1851Marylebone Cricket Club
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 5
Runs scored 25
Batting average 3.12
100s/50s –/–
Top score 8
Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 28 March 2020

Sir Richard Sutton, 4th Baronet (21 October 1821 – 3 October 1878) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.

Life

The son of Sir Richard Sutton, 2nd Baronet and his wife, Mary Elizabeth Burton, he was born in October 1821 at Sudbrooke, Lincolnshire.[1]

He purchased a commission in the British Army in May 1839 as an ensign in the 97th Regiment of Foot.[2] He later purchased the rank of lieutenant in the 1st Regiment of Life Guards in July 1847.[3] He later served as a deputy lieutenant for Nottinghamshire and succeeded his brother, Sir John Sutton, as the 4th Baronet upon his death in June 1873. Sutton died at Ryde on the Isle of Wight in October 1878, at which point he was succeeded as the 5th Baronet by his son, Sir Richard Sutton.[1]

Cricket

Sutton played first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1850–51, making three appearances against Cambridge University and a single appearance against Oxford University. He made a fifth appearance in first-class cricket in 1857, appearing for the Gentlemen of Kent and Sussex against the Gentlemen of England.[4]

Family

Sutton married firstly Anna Houson (died 8 July 1846), daughter of Reverend H. Houson, of Brant Broughton, in 1845.[5] He married secondly Harriet Anne Burton in 1851.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Sir Richard Sutton, 4th Bt". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  2. ↑ "No. 19734". The London Gazette. 17 May 1839. p. 1014.
  3. ↑ "No. 20329". The London Gazette. 29 March 1844. p. 1076.
  4. ↑ "First-Class Matches played by Richard Sutton". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  5. ↑ Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003.
  6. ↑ Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh. Burke's Irish Family Records. London, U.K.: Burkes Peerage Ltd, 1976.
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