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

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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

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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

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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

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in 1689. He was appointed a

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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

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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

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. His appointment to the Privy Council was not renewed upon the accession of

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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

Memorial

A memorial to him and his wife is in

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, Nottinghamshire.

References

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