James Sutton (Shardlow)
James Sutton (1799 - 21 January 1868) was an English boatbuilder, canal boat carrier and owner of salt works. He became High Sheriff of Derbyshire.
Sutton was born at
Stourport, Wolverhampton, Dudley and Coventry.[2] Sutton had two wharves at Shardlow. He lived at Shardlow Hall, Derbyshire, which either he or his father purchased in 1826. In 1843 Sutton was High Sheriff of Derbyshire.[3] With the coming of the railways, the canal business was in decline, and by 1850 Sutton had stopped building boats and by 1858 had closed the wharf in Derby.[1]
Sutton died at Shardlow at the age of 68.
Sutton married Sophia Hoskins, the daughter of Abraham Hoskins who built Bladon Castle at
Herbert Warrington Smyth. Their son Rev. Alfred Sutton was the father of Air Marshall Sir Bertine Sutton
.
References
- ^ a b Shardlow Heritage Centre The Working Port 1770 - 1948
- ^ Pigot's Commercial Directory of Derbyshire, 1835
- ^ "No. 20067". The London Gazette. 4 February 1842. p. 285.
- ^ "CONSERVATION AREA HISTORIES:DISTRICT OF SOUTH DERBYSHIRE NEWTON SOLNEY" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 June 2011. Retrieved 1 June 2009.