Major-General Hugh Clement Sutton (20 January 1867 – 15 April 1928) was a General in the

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, Deputy Assistant Director of Railways in South Africa between 1900 and 1902 and

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and Secretary of Royal Chelsea Hospital between 1923 and 1928.

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 and Henrietta Vivian. He was educated at

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and the

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Military career

Sutton was commissioned a second lieutenant in the

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on 14 September 1887, promoted to

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on 4 September 1890, and to

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on 1 December 1897. He served in South Africa during the

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between 1899 and 1902. As

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of the Coldstream Guards, he served in the

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from February to May 1900, taking parts in the actions at Belmont, Enslin, and

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(November 1899),

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(December 1899),

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(February 1900), Poplar Grove and Driefontein (March 1900).Hart′s Army list, 1903 He was Deputy Assistant Director of Railways in Johannesburg from July 1900 to 1902. For his service he was

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, received the Queen's and

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South Africa medals with seven clasps, and a brevet promotion to

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dated 29 November 1900. The war ended in June 1902, and from November that year he was assistant military secretary and aide-de-camp to Sir Henry Settle, Commander-in-Chief in the

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. He stayed in South Africa to serve as a Deputy Assistant Adjutant General in the Cape Colony between 1903 and 1906. He was raised to the rank of major in April 1903. After being promoted in August 1910 to lieutenant colonel, he became

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of the 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards between 1910 and 1913. In October 1913 he was posted to the

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where he became an assistant adjutant general. During the

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: Hugh, promoted to colonel in December 1913, was serving as an assistant adjutant general at the

between 1913 and 1916 and as a Deputy Adjutant & Quartermaster-General (DA and QMG) in British Expeditionary Force (BEF) between 1916 and 1917.

Awards and recognitions

He was invested as a Companion,

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(C.B.) in 1916 and as a Companion,

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(C.M.G.) in 1919.

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. Hugh and Mabel had one son: *Nigel Eustace Philip Sutton (29 March 1896 – 18 March 1956) He married Alexandra Mary Elizabeth Wood, daughter of

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of Monk Bretton, on 15 September 1898, they had three daughters: *Margaret Agnes Sutton (born 26 September 1899, d. 1993), m. 1937, John Julian Chetwynd (1906-1966), son of

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. *Mary Frances Sutton (12 June 1904 – 2 April 1975).http://galesupport.com/bc/magic.php?database=DVNW&loc=bcptstothepast, The Times Digital Archive, Death Notice. The Times. 4 April 1975 *Elizabeth Mary Sutton (born 17 April 1910), m. (1) 1931 (div. 1936), Sir (Ronald) Mark Cunliffe-Turner; m. (2) 1936 (div. 1976), John Tindall-Lister (1907-1994), son of Sir William Tindall Lister.

References

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