Sir Richard Sutton, 1st Baronet

Sir Richard Sutton, 1st Baronet MP (31 July 1733 – 10 January 1802), of Norwood Park in Nottinghamshire, was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1768 to 1796.[note 2][3] In July 1766 Sutton was selected by William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, the Southern Secretary, to serve as an Under-Secretary of State in his department.He then served under William Nassau de Zuylestein, 4th Earl of Rochford, the Northern Secretary, from October 1768 to December 1770, before following him back to the Southern department.On 1 October 1772 Sutton resigned from his position in the Southern Department, having inherited the house and estate of Norwood Park,[5] and an income of around £4,000 a year (equivalent to about £646,000 today), following the death of his older brother.In the 1784 election, Sutton was selected by Henry Pelham-Clinton, 2nd Duke of Newcastle as one of the MPs for Boroughbridge,[8] as a supporter of the government of Pitt.
Portrait of his first wife, Susan Champion de Crespigny, by George Romney (circle of)
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