Robert Sutton, 2nd Baron Lexington
PC (6 January 166219 September 1723) was an English diplomat.
Family
He was the son of
Robert Sutton, 1st Baron Lexington and his third wife Mary St. Leger.
On 14 September 1691, he married Margaret, (d. April 1703), the daughter of Sir
Giles Hungerford of
Coulston, Wiltshire, by whom he had three children:
*William George Sutton (1697October 1713), died in
Madrid
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while his father was ambassador there
*Bridget Sutton (30 Nov 16991734), married
John Manners, 3rd Duke of Rutland
John Manners, 3rd Duke of Rutland KG PC (21 October 1696 – 29 May 1779) was an English nobleman, the eldest son of John Manners, 2nd Duke of Rutland and Catherine Russell. Styled Marquess of Granby from 1711, he succeeded to the title in 172 ...
*Leonora Cordelia Margueretta (October 1715)
Career
He served as a captain of a
troop
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of horse, resigning his commission in 1686. He was appointed a
gentleman of horse to the Prince and Princess of Denmark (
Princess Anne, later Queen Anne), in 1690; a position he resigned in February 1692/3. Lord Lexington supported in the
House of Lords
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the elevation of
William of Orange to the throne, and was employed by that king at court and on
diplomatic business,
being sent as
envoy extraordinary to the
Elector of Brandenburg
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The Mark, or ''March'', of Brandenburg was one of the primary constituent states of the Hol ...
in 1689.
He was appointed a
Privy Counsellor
The Privy Council (PC), officially His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, is a formal body of advisers to the sovereign of the United Kingdom. Its membership mainly comprises senior politicians who are current or former members of ei ...
on 17 March 1692, and was a
Gentleman of the Bedchamber to King William from 1692 until 1702. Lexington was again sent abroad in 1694 as
envoy extraordinary to the
Court in Vienna, and served until the
Treaty of Ryswick
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was concluded in 1697. He was a
Lord of Trade from 1699 to 1702, and
ambassador to the
Court of Madrid from 1712 until 1713, during negotiations for the
Treaty of Utrecht
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.
His appointment to the Privy Council was not renewed upon the accession of
George I George I or 1 may refer to:
People
* Patriarch George I of Alexandria (fl. 621–631)
* George I of Constantinople (d. 686)
* George I of Antioch (d. 790)
* George I of Abkhazia (ruled 872/3–878/9)
* George I of Georgia (d. 1027)
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in 1714. He was sent abroad for the last time in 1718, as minister at
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. He died on 10 September 1723.
His letters from Vienna, selected and edited by H. M. Sutton, were published as the ''Lexington Papers'' (1851). Lexington's barony became extinct on his death, but his estates descended to
Lord Robert and
Lord George Manners-Sutton, the younger sons of his daughter Bridget and her husband
John Manners, 3rd Duke of Rutland
John Manners, 3rd Duke of Rutland KG PC (21 October 1696 – 29 May 1779) was an English nobleman, the eldest son of John Manners, 2nd Duke of Rutland and Catherine Russell. Styled Marquess of Granby from 1711, he succeeded to the title in 172 ...
.
Memorial
A memorial to him and his wife is in
St Wilfrid's Church, Kelham
St. Wilfrid's Church, Kelham is a parish church in the Church of England in Kelham, Nottinghamshire.
The church is Grade I listed by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport as a building of outstanding architectural or historic ...
, Nottinghamshire.
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1662 births
1723 deaths
Barons Lexinton
English diplomats
Ambassadors of England to the Holy Roman Empire
Members of the Privy Council of Great Britain
Diplomatic peers
Ambassadors of Great Britain to Spain
Ambassadors of England to Denmark
Ambassadors of Great Britain to the Holy Roman Emperor