Family and Education
b. 29 Jan. 1780, 1st s. of Most Rev. Charles Manners Sutton, abp. of Canterbury, and Mary, da. of Thomas Thoroton† of Screveton, Notts. educ. Eton 1793-6; Trinity Coll. Camb. 1798; L. Inn 1802, called 1806. m. (1) 8 July 1811, Lucy Maria Charlotte (d. 7 Dec. 1815), da. of John Denison† of Ossington, Notts., 2s. 1da.; (2) 6 Dec. 1828, Ellen, da. of Edmund Power of Curragheen and Clonea, co. Waterford, wid. of John Purves Home, 1da. suc. fa. 1828; GCB 31 Aug. 1833; cr. Visct. Canterbury 10 Mar. 1835. d. 21 July 1845.
Offices Held
Judge adv.-gen. Nov. 1809 – June 1817; PC 8 Nov. 1809; bencher, L. Inn 1817; commr. for building new churches 1818; charity commr. 1818 – 34; registrar of ct. of faculties 1827 – 34; high commr. for adjusting claims of Canada 1835.
Speaker of the House of Commons 2 June 1817 – 29 Dec. 1834.
Parlimentarian
Main residences: Palace Yard, Westminster, Mdx.; Mistley Hall, Manningtree, Essex.
Notes
See J.A. Manning, Lives of Speakers of House of Commons, 484-8; A.I. Dasent, Speakers of House of Commons, 303-17; Oxford DNB.
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Commons 1820-1832
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MANNERS SUTTON, Charles (1780-1845)
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