Hugh Sutton

Arms of Hugh Clement Sutton, C.B., C.M.G., his family and his descendants.

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]

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.^[3][4] He was educated at Eton and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.^[5]

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^[6] 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^[7][8] between 1913 and 1916 and as a Deputy Adjutant & Quartermaster-General (DA and QMG) in British Expeditionary Force (BEF) between 1916 and 1917.^[9][10]

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.^[7][11][12]

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.^[13] Hugh and Mabel had one son:

• Nigel Eustace Philip Sutton (b. 29 Mar 1896, d. 18 Mar 1956)

He married The Hon Alexandra Mary Elizabeth Wood,^[14] daughter of The Rt Hon Charles Lindley Wood, 2nd Viscount Halifax of Monk Bretton (son of The Rt Hon Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax of Monk Bretton and Lady Mary Wood née Grey, Viscountess Halifax) and Lady Agnes Elizabeth Wood née Courtenay (daughter of The Rt Hon William Reginald Courtenay, 11th Earl of Devon and Lady Elizabeth Courtenay née Fortescue, Countess of Devon), on 15 September 1898, they had three daughters:^{[4][15][16][17][18][19][20]}

• The Hon Margaret Agnes Sutton (b. 26 Sep 1899, d. 1993)
  • The Hon Richard Walter Chetwynd (b. 23 Feb 1938, d. 1990)
    • The Hon Katharine Margaret Chetwynd (b. 24 Jun 1965)
      • Emma Toogood
      • Alexandra Toogood
      • William Richard Stanley Toogood (b. 1 Jun 1996)
    • The Hon Sarah Alexandra Chetwynd (b. 6 Oct 1967)
    • The Hon Mark Richard Chetwynd (b. 1972)
  • The Hon John Hugh Chetwynd (b. 29 May 1942, d. 20 Aug 2005)
    • Hugh Nigel Chetwynd (b. 1967)
    • Philip Mark Chetwynd (b. 27 Mar 1969)
• The Hon Mary Frances Sutton (b. 12 Jun 1904, d. 2 Apr 1975)
  • Lady Eleanor Elizabeth Ann Wood (née Sutton) (b. 1 Apr 1940, d. 2006)
    • The Hon Susan Jane Wood (b. 24 Mar 1966, d. 30 Jan 2000)
      • The Hon Joshua Dylan Wood (b 5 April 1987)
      • The Hon Jared Hugh Francis Wood (b. 5 April 1987, d. 1993)
• The Hon Elizabeth Mary Sutton (b. 17 Apr 1910)
  • Francis Hugh William Bernard Tindall-Lister (b. 1937)
  • Mary Nerissa Anna Tindall-Lister (b. 1941)
  • Charles John Alexander Tindall-Lister (b. 1945)
  • Sarah Janet Consuelo Tindall-Lister (b. 1947)

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