Robert Sutton (1 May 1813 – 10 March 1885) was an

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first-class cricketer and reverend. The son of Robert Nassau Sutton and his wife, Mary Georgiana Manners-Sutton, at

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and was educated at

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.''Burke's Peerage 2003'' He made a single appearance in

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for the Gentlemen of Southwell against

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at Southwell in 1846. He batted once in the match, scoring 5 runs in the Gentlemen of Southwell's first-innings before he was dismissed by

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. The following year he married Charlotte Nelthorpe, with the couple having eight children. He was the rector at

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, as well as serving as a

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. He died in March 1885 at Scawby, Lincolnshire. His wife had predeceased him thirteen years previously.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sutton, Robert 1813 births 1885 deaths People from Newark and Sherwood (district) Cricketers from Nottinghamshire People educated at Eton College English cricketers Gentlemen of Southwell cricketers 19th-century English Anglican priests English justices of the peace