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Footprints emmanuel del casal and hugh sutton march 7 2014
Maj. Gen. Hugh Clement Sutton (20 January 1867 – 15 April 1928) was a General in the British Army, Deputy Assistant Director of Railways in South Africa between 1900 and 1902 and Lieutenant-Governor and Secretary of Royal Chelsea Hospital between 1923 and 1928.
Contents
- Footprints emmanuel del casal and hugh sutton march 7 2014
- Hugh sutton playing accordion on the bob rivers show
- Early life
- Career
- Awards and recognitions
- Family
- References

Hugh sutton playing accordion on the bob rivers show
Early life

Sutton was the son of Henry George Sutton, sixth son of Sir Richard Sutton, 2nd Baronet, by his marriage to Matilda Harriet Heneage, a daughter of George Heneage Walker-Heneage MP and Henrietta Vivian. He was educated at Eton and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
Career
He was Adjutant Coldstream Guards in the Second Boer War between 1899 and 1902 (despatches, brevet, two medals, seven clasps). Hugh was appointed as Deputy Assistant Director of Railways in South Africa between 1900 and 1902 As a Deputy Assistant Adjutant General in Cape Colony between 1903 and 1906 and Cmdg 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards between 1910 and 1913. During the First World War: Hugh was serving as Assistant Adjutant-General in War Office between 1913 and 1916 and as a Deputy Adjutant & Quartermaster-General (DA and QMG) in British Expeditionary Force (BEF) between 1916 and 1917.
Awards and recognitions
He was invested as a Companion, Order of the Bath (C.B.) in 1916 and as a Companion, Order of St Michael and St George (C.M.G.) in 1919.
Family
He married Mabel Ida Munro, daughter of Sir Campbell Munro of Lindertis, 3rd Baronet, and Lady Henrietta Maria Munro (née Drummond), on 25 July 1891. Hugh and Mabel had one son:
He married The Hon Alexandra Mary Elizabeth Wood, daughter of The Rt Hon Charles Lindley Wood, 2nd Viscount Halifax of Monk Bretton (son of The Rt Hon Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax of Monk Bretton and Lady Mary Wood née Grey, Viscountess Halifax) and Lady Agnes Elizabeth Wood née Courtenay (daughter of The Rt Hon William Reginald Courtenay, 11th Earl of Devon and Lady Elizabeth Courtenay née Fortescue, Countess of Devon), on 15 September 1898, they had three daughters: