Robert Sutton, 1st Baron Lexinton (21 December 159413 October 1668) was a Royalist MP in 1625 and 1640.

Biography

In 1624 he was elected

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(MP) for

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and re-elected in April and November 1640. He was disabled as a Royalist from sitting in 1643. He served

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during the

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, making great monetary sacrifices for the royal cause, and in 1645 the king created him Baron Lexinton, this being a variant of the name of the Nottinghamshire village of Laxton. His estate suffered during the time of the Commonwealth, but some money was returned to him by Charles II of England. He commissioned the building of the first

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. He died on 13 October 1668 at the age of 74. There is a wall monument to him in Church of St. Michael and All Angels, Averham. Robert Sutton Monument Arms

Family

He was the son of Sir William Sutton of

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, Lord Lexinton married three times. *On 14 April 1616, he married Elizabeth Manners, the sister of

John Manners, 8th Earl of Rutland John Manners, 8th Earl of Rutland (10 June 160429 September 1679), was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 until 1641 when he inherited the title Earl of Rutland on the death of his second cousin George Manners, 7t ...

, who died childless. *His second wife was Anne Palmes, widow of Sir Thomas Browne, 2nd Baronet, who also died childless. * On 21 February 1660, he married Mary St. Leger, by whom he had six children: **

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, 2nd Baron Lexington (1662–1723) ** Bridget, married John Darcy, only son of

Conyers Darcy, 2nd Earl of Holderness Conyers Darcy, 2nd Earl of Holderness (1622 – 13 December 1692) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1679 and later became a peer. Life Darcy was the eldest son of Conyers Darcy, 8th Lord Darcy of Knayth and 5 ...

and Lady Frances Howard ** Charles ** St. Leger (a son) ** Mary ** Anne (born a few days after her father's death)

Arms

References

* * 1594 births 1668 deaths Barons Lexinton English MPs 1624–1625 English MPs 1640 (April) English MPs 1640–1648 {{17thC-England-MP-stub