James Sutton (c. 1733–1801), of New Park,

Devizes Devizes is a market town and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. It developed around Devizes Castle, an 11th-century Norman architecture, Norman castle, and received a charter in 1141. The castle was besieged during the Anarchy, a 12th-century ...

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, was an English politician.

Life

He born the younger son of Prince Sutton, a Devizes clothier, and his wife Mary Willy, sister of

William Willy William Willy (1703? – 22 May 1765) was an English politician. He was born the second son of George Willy, a mercer of New Park, Devizes, Wiltshire, with whom he started his career. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Dev ...

. He inherited the New Park estate at

Roundway Roundway is a hamlet and former civil parish adjacent to Devizes in the English county of Wiltshire. The hamlet lies about northeast of Devizes town centre. In April 2017, Roundway civil parish was abolished and became a ward of Devizes paris ...

, near

, on the death of his elder brother in 1775. Around 1780 he had a new house built there, to a design by

James Wyatt James Wyatt (3 August 1746 – 4 September 1813) was an English architect, a rival of Robert Adam in the neoclassical and neo-Gothic styles. He was elected to the Royal Academy in 1785 and was its president from 1805 to 1806. Early life W ...

. It was demolished in 1955. He was a

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(MP) of the

Parliament of Great Britain The Parliament of Great Britain was formed in May 1707 following the ratification of the Acts of Union by both the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland. The Acts ratified the treaty of Union which created a new unified Kingdo ...

for

on 3 June 1765 – 1780. He was appointed

High Sheriff of Wiltshire This is a list of the Sheriffs and (after 1 April 1974) High Sheriffs of Wiltshire. Until the 14th century, the shrievalty was held ''ex officio'' by the castellans of Old Sarum Castle. On 1 April 1974, under the provisions of the Local Gov ...

for 1785–86.

Family

Sutton married Eleanor, daughter of

Anthony Addington Anthony Addington (1713 – 22 March 1790) was an English physician. Life Born in Twyford, Addington was educated at Winchester College. He went up to Trinity College, Oxford, where he took the degree of M.A. on 13 May 1740 and of M.D. on 24 ...

, M.D., of Reading and the sister of

Henry Addington Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, (30 May 175715 February 1844) was an English Tory statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1804. Addington is best known for obtaining the Treaty of Amiens in 1802, an ...

. They had sons James and George William who died as infants; and a daughter Mary who died in 1791 at age 14. Their daughter Eleanor married

Thomas Grimston Estcourt Thomas Grimston Estcourt (1775–1853), of New Park, near Devizes, Wiltshire, later known as Thomas Grimston Bucknall Estcourt, was an English politician. He was the eldest son of Thomas Estcourt, Member of the Parliament of Great Britain (MP) ...

; and the third daughter Mary married Crispianus Load. Another daughter Sarah died in 1841, at age 76; she had married Robert J. Matthews.

References

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