SUTTON, Sir Thomas, 1st Bt. (c.1755-1813), of Hurst House, Moulsey, Surr.

b. c. 1755, s. of Thomas Sutton (d.1789) of Moulsey by Jane, da. of Sir Thomas Hankey, alderman of London, of Clapham. educ. Magdalen, Oxf. 17 July 1773, aged 18.Alumni Oxon states that he was a barrister of the M. Temple, 1782, confusing him with Thomas, 1st s. of Thomas Sutton of Norfolk Street, Mdx., admitted in 1775 and identifiable with the Thomas Sutton, son of Thomas, attorney, admitted to St. Paul’s sch. 14 Sept. 1759, aged 8. According to Burke’s Extinct Baronetage, the Member had an elder brother Adm. Sir John Sutton. Curiously the latter’s age at death in 1825 was given as 67, Gent. Mag. (1825), ii. 563. m. 27 Apr. 1790, Lucy, da. of Thomas Assheton Smith of Ashley, Cheshire, sis. of Assheton Smith, 2da. cr. Bt. 5 Mar. 1806.